Read Edit View history Discussion 从 cóngcōng HSK1 from Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of one person following another. Pinyin Separate values with commas cóng ×cōng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 从 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 從 ×从 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 从 Simp strokes 从 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 从 Simp strokes 从 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 从 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 257, 700 ], [ 294, 679 ], [ 320, 647 ], [ 298, 416 ], [ 272, 307 ], [ 241, 231 ], [ 188, 149 ], [ 123, 86 ], [ 54, 45 ] ], [ [ 318, 322 ], [ 318, 311 ], [ 415, 227 ], [ 435, 197 ], [ 443, 164 ] ], [ [ 593, 760 ], [ 630, 739 ], [ 656, 707 ], [ 635, 472 ], [ 601, 308 ], [ 552, 192 ], [ 516, 140 ], [ 446, 70 ], [ 366, 21 ] ], [ [ 650, 359 ], [ 655, 321 ], [ 711, 235 ], [ 760, 167 ], [ 820, 101 ], [ 850, 77 ], [ 991, 38 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 309 330 Q 336 436 346 565 Q 349 604 366 649 Q 373 662 362 672 Q 341 691 299 710 Q 274 722 255 716 Q 231 707 249 686 Q 282 652 281 615 Q 280 482 263 395 Q 227 212 112 102 Q 90 83 63 60 Q 50 53 46 47 Q 42 40 60 40 Q 96 36 193 118 Q 263 181 303 307 L 309 330 Z", "M 303 307 Q 339 271 415 176 Q 428 157 442 151 Q 449 150 457 158 Q 469 170 461 210 Q 451 264 309 330 C 282 343 282 328 303 307 Z", "M 647 367 Q 660 433 680 609 Q 683 655 702 709 Q 709 722 698 732 Q 677 751 635 770 Q 610 782 591 776 Q 567 767 585 746 Q 618 712 617 675 Q 616 503 591 391 Q 558 213 441 94 Q 413 69 375 36 Q 360 29 358 23 Q 352 16 372 15 Q 414 15 515 100 Q 591 169 637 326 Q 636 327 637 327 L 647 367 Z", "M 637 327 Q 793 39 842 35 Q 911 34 970 32 Q 995 31 996 37 Q 997 44 971 59 Q 830 132 800 165 Q 718 256 647 367 C 631 392 623 353 637 327 Z" ] } 4 strokes 从 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 257, 700 ], [ 294, 679 ], [ 320, 647 ], [ 298, 416 ], [ 272, 307 ], [ 241, 231 ], [ 188, 149 ], [ 123, 86 ], [ 54, 45 ] ], [ [ 318, 322 ], [ 318, 311 ], [ 415, 227 ], [ 435, 197 ], [ 443, 164 ] ], [ [ 593, 760 ], [ 630, 739 ], [ 656, 707 ], [ 635, 472 ], [ 601, 308 ], [ 552, 192 ], [ 516, 140 ], [ 446, 70 ], [ 366, 21 ] ], [ [ 650, 359 ], [ 655, 321 ], [ 711, 235 ], [ 760, 167 ], [ 820, 101 ], [ 850, 77 ], [ 991, 38 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 309 330 Q 336 436 346 565 Q 349 604 366 649 Q 373 662 362 672 Q 341 691 299 710 Q 274 722 255 716 Q 231 707 249 686 Q 282 652 281 615 Q 280 482 263 395 Q 227 212 112 102 Q 90 83 63 60 Q 50 53 46 47 Q 42 40 60 40 Q 96 36 193 118 Q 263 181 303 307 L 309 330 Z", "M 303 307 Q 339 271 415 176 Q 428 157 442 151 Q 449 150 457 158 Q 469 170 461 210 Q 451 264 309 330 C 282 343 282 328 303 307 Z", "M 647 367 Q 660 433 680 609 Q 683 655 702 709 Q 709 722 698 732 Q 677 751 635 770 Q 610 782 591 776 Q 567 767 585 746 Q 618 712 617 675 Q 616 503 591 391 Q 558 213 441 94 Q 413 69 375 36 Q 360 29 358 23 Q 352 16 372 15 Q 414 15 515 100 Q 591 169 637 326 Q 636 327 637 327 L 647 367 Z", "M 637 327 Q 793 39 842 35 Q 911 34 970 32 Q 995 31 996 37 Q 997 44 971 59 Q 830 132 800 165 Q 718 256 647 367 C 631 392 623 353 637 327 Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.