従 — accompany, obey, submit to

したがう従 accompany

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+5F93 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #601 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #942 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

accompany
obey
submit to
comply
follow
secondary
incidental
subordinate

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したが shitaga Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

従(したが) う shitagau to follow 従(したが) って shitagatte therefore に従(したが) って nishitagatte in accordance with

しゅう・じゅう shuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

従(じゅう) 来(らい) juurai conventional 従(じゅう) 業(ぎょう) juugyou employment 従(じゅう) 事(じ) juuji engaging in 従(じゅう) 軍(ぐん) juugun military service 従(じゅう) 属(ぞく) juuzoku subordination

Appears in idioms

郷に入っては郷に従え諺

entering the village, obey the village

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彳 step

疋 bolt of cloth

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たて縦 vertical

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従 — accompany, obey, submit to

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したが shitaga Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

しゅう・じゅう shuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

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従 — accompany, obey, submit to

Meanings

word

したが shitaga Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

しゅう ・じゅう shuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (1)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

しゅう・じゅう shuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).