from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
从
=
人
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Mnemonic symbol: 从 looks like the legs of a rubber chicken. Two Neanderthal Men (人) are playing a game with Kitty Cat (cu) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through (从) the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken (从).
缓
=
爰
+
纟
:
Helga Horse (hu) and the silk worm (纟) opened a business which is doing really bad. They don't stress things and talk about it in the anthill (an3). In a relaxed (缓) atmosphere and very unhurriedly (缓) they explain each other via sophisticated flow charts (爰) how they are going to make their start-up work.