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Mythic Mandarin

从此 (cóng cǐ): meaning and stroke order

从此 (cóng cǐ) means from now on, since then, henceforth.

从此

Simplified
从此
Traditional
從此
Pinyin
cóng cǐ

Stroke order of 从此

从

  • cóng variant of 從|从[cong2]
  • Cóng surname Cong
  • cóng from; through; via; (bound form) to follow
  • 4 strokes
  • Traditional form: 從

Stroke by stroke

此

  • cǐ this; these
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 从此

  1. cóng cǐ Traditional 從此
    • from now on
    • since then
    • henceforth

Radicals of the characters

从
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 4 strokes · 人 on the left, 人 on the right
此
Radical 止 (Kangxi radical 77) · 6 strokes · 止 on the left, 匕 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

从此 in our stories

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  • 唐磊高兴极了,从此不再想新的口味,每天只坐在店里等下一个网红。

    Táng Lěi gāoxìng jí le cóngcǐ bú zài xiǎng xīn de kǒuwèi měitiān zhǐ zuò zài diàn lǐ děng xià yí gè wǎnghóng

    Tang Lei was overjoyed. From then on he stopped thinking up new flavours and just sat in the shop every day waiting for the next influencer.

    From the story Waiting by the tree stump HSK 4

  • 从此,丝绸的秘密慢慢传向了世界。可是在中国许多地方,每年春天,养蚕的人家还是会先祭拜嫘祖,再开始一年的工作。

    cóngcǐ sīchóu de mìmì mànmàn chuán xiàng le shìjiè kěshì zài Zhōngguó xǔduō dìfang měi nián chūntiān yǎng cán de rénjiā háishi huì xiān jìbài Léizǔ zài kāishǐ yì nián de gōngzuò

    From then on the secret of silk slowly spread across the world. Yet in many parts of China, every spring, silkworm-raising families still first honour Leizu before starting the year's work.

    From the story Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8

  • 石青山被开除了,从此再也没有上过船。直到去世,他都不肯跟家人提起那天晚上的事。

    Shí Qīngshān bèi kāichú le cóngcǐ zài yě méiyǒu shàng guò chuán zhídào qùshì tā dōu bù kěn gēn jiārén tíqǐ nà tiān wǎnshang de shì

    Shi Qingshan was dismissed and never went to sea again. Until the day he died he refused to talk to his family about that night.

    From the story The storm that never was HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 从此

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).