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从 — stroke order

cóng
ㄘㄨㄥˊ
Meaning
from
Strokes
4
Radical
Practise 从 in the full tool →

Watch how to write (cóng) stroke by stroke. 从 has 4 strokes and means “from”. It appears in common words such as 从来 (always) and 从此 (from now on). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 从

The most common words that use 从 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

从来cóngláialways从此cóngcǐfrom now on自从zìcóngsince从前cóngqiánpreviously从事cóngshìto go for从而cóngérthus

How 从 is written

Radical
Formation
Ideographic — One person 人 following another.

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