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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

从 cóng
from, by, since, whence, through
radical 9 ⼈ · 4 strokes
而 ér
and, and then, and yet; but
radical 126 ⽽ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “thereby”

WordPinyinMeaning
由此看来 (由此看來)yóu cǐ kàn láithereby; judging from this
借此 (藉此)jiè cǐusing this as a pretext; thereby
以此yǐ cǐwith this; thereby

Related words

Other words that share a character with 从而.

WordPinyinMeaning
从事 (從事)cóng shìto go for; to engage in
从来 (從來)cóng láialways; at all times
自从 (自從)zì cóngsince (a time); ever since
从未 (從未)cóng wèinever
从此 (從此)cóng cǐfrom now on; since then
而且ér qiě(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
然而rán érhowever; but; yet
而是ér shìrather

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.

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