Zi:從

從(S​从) [cóng] from; since; 從​來 always; ​跟從 follow [cōng] ​黑從從 murky; (HDZ:) 從​容 [zòng] (=​縱) [zōng] ​蹤​跡; ​鬃 [zǒng] “從從”, ​高​大​貌 [sǒng] 從​容=​慫​恿/​慂

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    HDZ: 從 : cóng : ​随​行, ​跟​随; ​追​逐; ​随​着, ​按​着; ​随​从​者; ​率, ​带​领; ​牵; ​听​从, ​依​順; ​采​取​某​种​处​理​方​式​或​态​度 (​从​速, ​丧​失​从​简, ​坦​白​从​宽); ​言​词​顺​畅; ​和​顺​之​道, ​正​常​秩​序; ​为, ​从​事; (​说​文) ​用​来​指​出​汉​字​所​由​构​成​的​成​分; ​同​宗, ​堂​房​亲​属; ​次, ​副 (​古​代​官​品​有​正, ​有​从); ​从​属​的, ​次​要​的; (​副​词) ​从​来, ​向​来; (​介​词) (​自, ​由; ​向; ​因, ​由; ​凭​借, ​根​据); ​多, ​重​叠; (​姓) • zòng : ​縱 (​南​北; ​长, ​竖; ​放, ​放​纵; (​量​词) ​纵​然, ​尽​管) • zōng : ​蹤: ​踪​迹; ​鬃: ​髻​高 • cōng : 從​容 (​舒​缓​安​闲, ​不​慌​不​忙; ​举​动; ​调​解, ​斡​旋; ​充​分, ​宽​裕) • sǒng : 從​容= ​慫​恿/​慂: ​鼓​动 • zǒng : “從從”, ​高​大​貌
    HDC: ​相從 : ​跟​隨, ​在​一​起; ​相​交​往, ​相​合​并
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form ​从:) The simple-form character ​从 (4 strokes) is a component in (and old form of) the full-form character 從 (11 strokes); today the full form 從 is replaced everywhere in simple-form texts by ​从.
    The full-form character 從 (11 strokes) is a re-arrangement of the older form ​𨑢 (11 strokes); in the modern form 從 the old component ​辵 is split into its two parts ​彡 (short for ​彳) and ​龰; ​彳 is placed to the left, and ​从 is placed atop ​龰 at the right (從⿰​彳⿱​从​龰).
    Note: The full-form character 從 was created to specify certain meanings of the older character ​从; the two characters 從 and ​从 have separate origins and rather different usage (see below).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of ​从(​􁙟) cóng ‘follow/heed’ (​听​从) doubles ​人(​􁕎) rén ‘person (facing left/east)’; one weaker/subordinate person heeds/follows behind another stronger/leader (one heeds another, one follows after another).
    Note: In the SW gloss ​相​聽 (​听​从 ‘follow/heed/obey, listen/hear and comply with’); ​相(​􀥄) xiāng ‘mutual/reciprocal (relation); (unequal/lopsided) relation’; cf. 從, ​相從 (HDC).
    Compare: ​亥(​􂧐) hài, in which the two people of ​从(​􁙟) are a couple (man and woman, husband and wife); the bride follows her suitor to their home.
    Note: ​从(​􁙟) cóng ‘follow/heed’ is the reverse of ​比(​􁙢) bǐ ‘compare/compete’; cf. ​匕(​􁙕) bǐ ‘person (facing right/west)’.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 從(​􁙠​𨑢) cóng ‘follow/accompany’ (​随​从, ​随​行) combines ​辶(​􀒆​辵) chuò ‘go’, and ​从(​􁙟) cóng ‘follow/heed’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. ​从.
    Note: The character 從 was created to specify ‘accompany’ senses formerly wr. ​从, but later 從 replaced the older form ​从; finally (coming full circle) ​从 replaces 從 in simple-form texts.
    Note: Different SW editions use ​从 or 從 in glosses to introduce the component analyses: e.g., in the ​徐​鍇 Xú Kǎi (late Tang) SW text, the structure of the character ​从 is explained as “從​二​人” ‘comprised of two ​人 rén 'people' together’; but in the later ​徐​铉 Xú Xuàn (Song) SW text, the analysis of ​从 is given as “​从​二​人”.
    Note: SW usage of ​从/從 to introduce the list of components derives from the fact that characters classified under a given SW radical follow after (are listed under) that radical/component (cf. ​以​类​相​从, ​同​类​相​从); this usage is a generalization (from radical to component), since not every component is a radical/classifier (some components do not serve as lexical classifiers/radicals).
    Compare: ​如(​􂋊) rú ‘follow/obey; like/similar’, SW syn. 從 (​随​从); characters containing a given component are similar in this respect to the component.
    Note: ​从 cóng ‘heed, listen to (one) another; be close kin/friends; together/associate/accompany; comply/obey’; 從 cóng ‘follow/accompany’.
    Compare: ​丛/​叢(​􀝈) cóng ‘gather/collect’, ​众(​􁙫​㐺​􁙬​𥅫​眾) zhòng ‘crowd’, ​聚(​􁙭) jù ‘gather’; see also: ​衣(​􁚂), ​卒(​􁛸​䘚), ​旅(​􁉹​𣃨).
    Note: Today read ​从 cóng (even in ​从​容 cóngróng ‘calm’, the modern standard reading); except, ​黑​从​从 hēicōngcōng ‘murky’ (many characters have 1st tone in reduplication).
    HDZ: ​从 : cf. 從
   
►references: Karlgren:GSR1191d; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.829.12; Mathews:6919; Guǎngyùn:036.36,038.18,345.28; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:368.18; EDOC:1
►components: ​彳​从​龰​​止​
►Cantonese: chuhng\
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