following, obeying, secondary
On'yomi (音読み)
- ジュウ
- ショウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- したが.う
- したが.える
- よる
About this kanji
The kanji 従 (じゅう, したがう) expresses the idea of following or obeying someone or something. It's commonly used as a verb, as in 従う (したがう), which means 'to follow.' You can also find it in the noun 従業員 (じゅうぎょういん), which means 'employee,' referring to someone who follows the orders of an employer. Another related term is 従事 (じゅうじ), meaning 'engagement' or 'involvement' in work. The connecting idea here is obedience or support. A neat usage note is that 従って (したがって) can mean 'therefore' or 'accordingly,' often used in formal writing to show a logical conclusion.
Built from
Example sentences
彼は上司の指示に従った。
He followed his boss's instructions.
Meanings across languages
- English
- following, obeying, secondary
- Tiếng Việt
- theo, tuân theo, phụ thuộc
- 日本語
- 従う, 従える, 従って
- 한국어
- 따르다, 복종하다, 부차적인
- 中文
- 跟随, 服从, 次要
- id
- mengikuti, patuh, sekunder
- th
- การติดตาม, การเชื่อฟัง, รอง
- es
- seguido, obedeciendo, secundario
- fr
- suivant, obéir, secondaire
- de
- nachfolgend, gehorchen, sekundär
- pt
- seguindo, obedecendo, secundário
Common compounds
- 従業員じゅうぎょういんemployee
- 従うしたがうto follow, to obey
- 従ってしたがってaccordingly, therefore
- 従事じゅうじengagement, occupation
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