Sinograph Addenda · Signs

follow

Name	follow
Reads	cóng
Means	to follow
Taught in	15 · And so

Where it comes from

The heart of the graph is just two person-signs, one walking behind the other — following, drawn twice over. The road-step on the left and the foot below joined later to make the walking explicit. Taught in the and-so chapter.

How to remember it

Two 人, one walking behind the other — with the road-step at the left and a foot below to keep them moving: follow.

In the wild

從吾所好。cóng wú suǒ hào"I will follow what I love" — Confucius on wealth: if it could be properly chased he would carry a whip and chase it; since it cannot, he will do what he loves instead.

Analects 7.12, the last clause. urn:nabu:kanripo:KR1h0004:007:14a · license: attribution.