从從

从從 in English

zòng: second cousin
cóng preposition, adverb HSK2: from / through / via / (bound form) to follow / (bound form) to obey / (bound form) to engage in (an activity) / (used before a negative) ever / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / attendant / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
cōng: lax / yielding / unhurried

Measure word

点 diǎn point; dot; drop; speck; o'clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order... attested in use
个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
阵 zhèn disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short... attested in use

Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.

These are the forms of 從, the traditional character: 从 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Alice从上周日起就感冒了。

Alice has had a cold since last Sunday.
Tatoeba：因为从来不能遇到够多的法国人。

Tatoeba: Because you can't meet enough frenchies.
一个从俄勒冈州来的朋友，布朗先生明天会来拜访我们。

Mr. Brown a friend from Oregon, will visit us tomorrow.
一股寒风从敞开著的窗口吹入屋内。

An icy wind blew into the room through the open window.
一艘船突然从雾中出现。

A boat suddenly appeared out of the mist.
不，她从没恋爱过。

No, she has never fallen in love.
为了防止盗版，他有些电影从未在影院上映。

To prevent them from being pirated, some of his films were never shown at the cinema.
从上週四开始一直下雨。

It has been raining since last Thursday.