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从
從
Cóng
1. surname Cong
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 0% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

从
cóng
from, by, since, whence, through
HSK 2 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

从而
cóngér
thus
HSK 5
从中
cóngzhōng
from
从军
cóngjūn
to enlist
从轻
cóngqīng
to be lenient (in sentencing)
从速
cóngsù
(to do sth) with dispatch
顺从
shùncóng
obedient
从事
cóngshì
to go for
HSK 5
从头
cóngtóu
anew
依从
yīcóng
to comply with
信从
xìncóng
to trust and obey
随从
suícóng
to accompany
应从
yìngcóng
to assent
打从
dǎcóng
from
从何
cónghé
whence?
遵从
zūncóng
to comply with
从来
cónglái
always
HSK 4
从没
cóngméi
never (in the past)
从犯
cóngfàn
accessory to a crime
从众
cóngzhòng
to follow the crowd
从缓
cónghuǎn
not to hurry

Alternate Entries

从
cōng
lax / yielding / unhurried
HSK 2
从
cóng
from / via / passing through / through (a gap) / past / ever (followed by negative, meaning never) / (formerly pr. <zòng> and related to [[縱|纵]]) to follow / to comply with / to obey / to join / to engage in / adopting some mode of action or attitude / follower / retainer / accessory / accomplice / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
HSK 2
从
zòng
second cousin
HSK 2

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
97
Word Frequency Rank
146 of 84,292

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