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   traditional form

Variants

Phonetic

Semantic

Apparent
Mandarin
cong2, zong4, cong1, chuang2, zong1
English
Definitions
from; follow; second cousin; unhurried; obey; observe; lax; yielding; by; since; through; whence
Mnemonic
A person traveling from one place to another
Etymology
Notes
one person following another; the additional components suggest the follower steps and stops according to the leader; the latter components are combined to only in seal version