従う
したがう · shitagau · JLPT N3 · verb-godan
to obey
🐕 shita (below) + gau: put yourself below the rule and follow it
Shita sounds like 下 (below), so shitagau = taking the lower position and following. The kanji 従 is built from two people, one behind the other, plus a walking radical: one person going after another, which is where follow and obey come from.