Trace Panda
■ radical

cóng

from

How it’s built

Originally a pictograph of one person following another (从). Later the 彳 and 止 components were added to indicate movement.

彳
iconic

walk; travel — 彳 is a component form of 行.

从
iconic

from; follow — Depicts one person following another.

止
iconic

(foot); stop

Through the ages

Bronze script

Appears in

Characters that use 從 as a component, most common first.

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