GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 430

从

从 is read as cóng.

Pinyin

cóng

Script forms

Simplified 从 · Traditional 從

Basic meaning

from, by, since, whence, through

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Zhou Ping Wang and Zong-state tradition, 770-720 BCE; Han written-form layer recorded separately

Place: Zong state tradition; Dongguan commandery appears as the later commandery association.

Origin note

Cong/从 must be kept distinct from the ordinary word meaning from. The sourced origin layer is a Ji-surname / Zong-state account: descendants of a Zhou Ping Wang line used Zong/縱 from a state name, and a later graph-change account says the silk radical was removed, producing 從/从. The page also records the classic Baijiaxing placement in its traditional form 從.

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Sources checked

  • Wikipedia: Cong surname - Baijiaxing rank, traditional/simplified forms, Ji-surname Zong-state origin, Han-period graph-change account, and Dongguan commandery
  • 23mofang: Cong surname - Ji-surname origin classification and modern sample distribution
  • Wikisource: Baijiaxing - received Baijiaxing sequence line containing 印宿白懷 蒲邰從鄂
  • Han Dian: Cong - basic character meaning and surname listing only