从 cóng▶ จาก

Stroke order

从 is written in 4 strokes.

• 从

Senses

1. from; through; via
2. (bound form) to follow
3. (bound form) to obey
4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
5. (used before a negative) ever

Example sentences

• 我从北京回来了。Wǒ cóng Běijīng huílái le.I came back from Beijing.
• 它从那儿跑过来。Tā cóng nàr pǎo guòlái.It ran over from there.
• 我从家去学校。Wǒ cóng jiā qù xuéxiào.I go to school from home.
• 他从北京来了吗？Tā cóng Běijīng lái le ma?Did he come from Beijing?

Related words

• 从来เสมอ
• 从事มีส่วนร่วมใน, หมั้นหมายกับ
• 从前ก่อน
• 从此ตั้งแต่นั้นมา
• 从而ดังนั้น, เช่นนี้
• 自从ตั้งแต่, เนื่องจาก

从 is pronounced cóng and means “จาก”. You will meet it in HSK 2, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 从 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.