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Kanji Detail for 從 - "follow, obey, accompany"
從
- Meaning
從 means "follow, obey, accompany."
Follow - To go after; to accompany.
Obey - To comply with; to submit.
Since - From a point in time.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
from; by; since; whence; through
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
from, by, since, whence, through
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
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Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
from, by, since, whence, through
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To follow. Such as "following one to the end," "following beneath the earth." | From where. Such as "from where to begin," "from here going far." | To listen to. Such as 從諫如流. | To engage in. Placing oneself in something is 從. Such as 從事, 從政, like saying "to serve." | An attendant. Such as 侍從, 僕從. | Secondary. Those secondary to the closest relatives are 從. Such as uncles called 從父; nephews called 從子, meaning related by category. Now, cousins with the same grandfather are 從兄弟, an abbreviation for 從父兄弟. Further degrees are 再從, 三從, to distinguish closeness. | In criminal law, there are principals and accessories. The mastermind is 首; the followers are 從. | Official ranks have regular and secondary. Like saying regular and vice. | 從容: Relaxed appearance. | Interchangeable with 縱 in 縱橫. East-west is 衡; north-south is 從. In the Warring States, there were Strategists of Vertical and Horizontal alliances. Also written as 從橫.
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