Example sentences
cóng从zhè这ér儿zǒu走。
Go from here.
cóng从míng明tiān天kāi开shǐ始。
Starting tomorrow.
The story behind the character
从
Two 人, one walking behind the other. Xu Shen wrote 从, 相聽也: two people listening to each other, following. The simplified 从 is actually the older shape. The traditional 從 added 彳 and 止 to spell out the walking. So the version you write at HSK2 is the original one, and the meaning "from" grew out of the idea of following.