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4 strokes · radical 人 (human) · traditional 從
11 strokes · simplified 从
A way to remember it
One person walking behind another. Following is the meaning, and the traditional 從 adds a road under them in case the point was missed.
A picture that makes the shape stick — not a claim about the character’s history.
Draft — written with AI help and not yet read by a person. What that means.
Shown in simplified. Converting whole words needs one-to-many knowledge this site does not have — 发 is 發 in 出发 but 髮 in 头发 — and a confidently wrong word would be worse than an honest simplified one.
Got it. Tell someone:
from; through; via; (bound form) to follow
cóng — from; through; via; (bound form) to follow
Radical 人 (human) · 4 strokes · traditional 從
11 strokes · simplified 从
A way to remember itOne person walking behind another. Following is the meaning, and the traditional 從 adds a road under them in case the point was missed.