Chinese Character 従 Meanings and components.

Form

従

Meaning

従 meaning[3] in English

Old Variant Of 從|从[Cong2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 従 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , 'eight' component in … (丷) , and variant of 匹[pi3] (疋)

Its radical[1] is: 彳 (chi4) which means: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60), See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4], .彳chi4step with …

In cangjie it is written with HOTYO

How to write 従

To write従cong2old variant … you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 丷ba1'eight' component … 疋pi3variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

彳 + 丷 + 疋 = 従

従 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 従 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 従, looks as follow:

従
Pinyin:cong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 從|从[Cong2]
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
疋
Pinyin:pi3
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 匹[Pi3] . Classifier For Cloth: Bolt

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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