Chinese symbol for “thereby”
从而
cóng ér
Traditional: 從而
thus; thereby
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thereby is 从而 (cóng ér), defined as: thus; thereby.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “thereby”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 由此看来 (由此看來) | yóu cǐ kàn lái | thereby; judging from this |
| 借此 (藉此) | jiè cǐ | using this as a pretext; thereby |
| 以此 | yǐ cǐ | with this; thereby |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 从而.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 从事 (從事) | cóng shì | to go for; to engage in |
| 从来 (從來) | cóng lái | always; at all times |
| 自从 (自從) | zì cóng | since (a time); ever since |
| 从未 (從未) | cóng wèi | never |
| 从此 (從此) | cóng cǐ | from now on; since then |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore |
| 然而 | rán ér | however; but; yet |
| 而是 | ér shì | rather |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.