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Mythic Mandarin

从而 (cóng ér): meaning and stroke order

从而 (cóng ér) means thus, thereby.

从而

Simplified
从而
Traditional
從而
Pinyin
cóng ér

Stroke order of 从而

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

而

  • ér and; as well as
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 从而

  1. cóng ér Traditional 從而
    • thus
    • thereby

Radicals of the characters

从
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 4 strokes · 人 on the left, 人 on the right
而
Radical 而 (Kangxi radical 126) · 6 strokes · 一 on top, 𦓐 below

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.

Where you learn it

从而 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 7–9 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.

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).