従

accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ショウジュジュウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

したが.うしたが.えるより

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:10

JLPT:N1

Frequency:601

Vocabulary

ジュ

Word	Reading	Meaning
従者	ジュシャ	attendant; valet; servant; follower

ジュウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
侍従	ジジュウ	chamberlain
従業員	ジュウギョウイン	employee; worker
従軍	ジュウグン	military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
従兄弟	ジュウケイテイ	cousin (male)
従事	ジュウジ	engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

ショウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
合従連衡	ガッショウレンコウ	alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty); (tactic of) making and breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient
追従	ツイショウ	flattery; sycophancy; adulation
阿諛追従	アユツイショウ	excessive flattery; adulation
従容	ショウヨウ	calm; composed; tranquil
合従	ガッショウ	alliance (esp. originally of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
従う	したがう	to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow; to observe; to conform to; to yield to; to follow (a person); to accompany; to go with; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign); to serve (as); to engage in (work)
従える	したがえる	to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
従って	したがって	therefore; consequently; accordingly
従兄弟	いとこ	cousin (male)
従兄	いとこ	cousin (older male)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people

vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward

journey, travel, chase away, let go, going, before, formerly

determine, fix, establish, decide

subjugate, attack the rebellious, collect taxes

cramped, narrow, contract, tight

particularly, especially, exceptionally

join, get together, unite, collective

stimulate, urge, press, demand, incite