variant of 從|从[cong2]
surname Cong
from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

= : Mnemonic symbol: 从 looks like the legs of a rubber chicken. Two Neanderthal Men (人) are playing a game with Kitty Cat (cu) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through (从) the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken (从).

从 character breakdown

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 从 as component

to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4]

= + : Zapatista Zebra (zu) sits next to a rubber chicken (从) on a clay (土) bench (mnemonic symbol for 坐) in the observatory's bathroom.
many / numerous / crowd / multitude

= + : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.
variant of 眾|众[zhong4]

= + : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.
crowd; multitude / many; numerous
abbr. for 眾議院|众议院[Zhong4 yi4 yuan4], House of Representatives

= + : Neanderthal Man and Julian Giant Squid are helplessly watching engine's bathroom being flooded by a crowd of rubber chicken.
witch / wizard / shaman / also pr. [wu2]

= + : Willy Walrus (w) is fighting a wizard (巫) in front of the space station (Ø1). He is wielding a steel beam (工), while the wizard is casting rubber chicken (从).
surname Wu / also pr. [Wu2]
cluster / collection / collection of books / thicket

= + : Kitty Cat (cu) lost her book collection (丛) in the underbrush (丛) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). The underbrush consists of the legs of rubber chicken (从) and Kitty Cat has a hard time searching through the chicken. She is using a flute (一) as a bushwhacker to aid in her search.
variant of 猝[cu4]
soldier / servant / to finish / to die / finally / at last / pawn in Chinese chess

= + + : Zapatista Zebra (zu) is putting up a cross (十) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2) as commemoration for a fallen soldier (卒). The fallen soldier is a rubber chicken (从) which is wearing a beret (亠).
variant of 卒[zu2]
to come / to arrive / to come round / ever since / next

= + : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Lancelot (l) is super happy that his inflatable crocodile (丷) and live size Ai Weiwei (未) puppet finally arrived (来). The mailwoman (来) delivered them straight to the kitchen of the airplane (ai2).

= + : Mnemonic symbol: mailwoman. Sir Lancelot (l) is visiting the mailwoman (來) in the airplane's kitchen (ai2). As a gift, he brought a Christmas tree (木) decorated with rubber chicken (从).
two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)

= + + : Li Qingzhao is on a treasure hunt in the anglepod, following a secret map she found. Finally she found a treasure chest guarded by a rubber chicken which she has to overcome. Luckily, the map mentions a tune that Li Qingzhao plays on her flute, and thus bewitching the rubber chicken. The rubber chicken releases the treasure chest, which is full of taels of gold.
warp (the vertical threads in weaving) / vertical / longitudinal / north-south (lines of longitude) / lengthwise / to release / to indulge / even if

= + : Zapatista Zebra (zu) is weaving a small blanket in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4). As horizontal threads he uses silk worms (纟), and as vertical (纵) threads he uses rubber chicken (从).
to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering

= + : Susan Saint Bernard (su) set up a towering (耸) web inside of the engine ((e)ng3). When she catches her first prey she is very excited (耸), but then she finds out it is only a rubber chicken (从) and shrugs her shoulders (耸). Because she has no ears (耳) she cannot hear the rubber chicken (从) scream in despair.

Words with 从

to obey (an order) / to comply / to defer
not to have access / beyond one's authority or capability / sth one has no way of doing
not knowing which course to follow (idiom); at a loss what to do
to take one's time making a decision (idiom) / to consider at length
to follow blindly / to conform slavishly / unthinking obedience
(of a slave or servant) to be given one's freedom / (of a prostitute) to marry and leave one's trade
Congjiang county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州[Qian2 dong1 nan2 zhou1], Guizhou
to be corrupted by evil influences (idiom)
to choose the right course and follow it (idiom)
to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)
to renounce evil and turn to virtue (idiom)
Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom) / to join the military (esp. of educated person)
from / (ever) since
to assent / to comply with
Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat! / fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom) / (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)

Sentences with 从

zì
cóng
bì
mǎ
we̅n
lái
cǐ
yǐ
hòu