Kanji1 / 10
従 kanji
accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ジュウショウジュ
Kun readings
したがうしたがえるより
Variant forms
從Words with 従
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1従事Popularengaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
- N1従来Popularup to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual; existing
- N1従業員Popularemployee; worker
- —侍従Popularchamberlain
- —従軍Popularmilitary service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
- —従属Popularsubordination; dependency
- —服従Popularobedience; submission; resignation
- —専従Popularworking exclusively for; working full-time (for)
- —従subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
- —家従steward; butler; attendant
- —屈従servile submission; subservience
- —従業employment
- —従兄cousin (older male)
- —従姉cousin (older female)
- —従者attendant; valet; servant; follower
- —従弟cousin (younger male)
- —従犯accomplice; complicity
- —従僕manservant; male attendant; valet
- —従妹cousin (younger female)
- —追従following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking; servility