从
JLPT HSK 2

cōng, cóng, zòng
Two persons 人
Two persons in a relationship where one follows and obeys. (Or: The one person follows the other.)

	醉
JLPT HSK 5

zuì
Left: alcohol 酉, right: soldier, suddenly 卒 (Between rotary discs 亠,十 are soldiers 人 who die suddenly.)
The alcohol lets you 从 be as if between two rotary disks, when you are drunk.

	耸
JLPT HSK 6

sǒng
Top: to obey 从 2x person (with much imagination: 2 shoulders 人), bottom: ear 耳
The shoulders are high above the ears when shrugging.

	丛
JLPT HSK 6

cóng
Top: follow, obey 从 (two persons), bottom: 一 (Here: a row)
When the two persons develop into a row/line, it becomes a cluster.

	纵
JLPT HSK 6

zòng
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: follow, obey 从 (here: warp threads = the vertical threads on the loom)
The threads as warp threads are vertical.

	诬
JLPT HSK 6

wū
Left: word 讠/言, right: witch 巫 (She's doing the work 工 of two persons 从: This witch! - cf. squeeze 夹)
The words of a witch are false accusations. OR: Words that squeeze-in 夹 are: false accusations.

	巫
JLPT no HSK

wū
Outside: two persons 从, inside: work 工
It seems, that she is doing the work of two persons: The witch.

	怂
JLPT no HSK

sǒng
Top: to obey 从 (Two persons 人 in a relation, whereat one is following and obeying.), bottom: heart 心
(Siamese twins:) Two persons with only one heart, that is: terrifying.