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踪
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tracks

HSK 10
Human →Body →Limbs
zōng
ショウ
あと
종
Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 從 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (蹤)
足 lower leg+ 從 follow =
蹤 tracks
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
從 Phonetic component
follow
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Simplified (踪)
足 lower leg+ 宗 religion =
踪 footprints
足 Meaning component
zú lower leg
foot
宗 Phonetic component
zōng religion
lineage, ancestry
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Notes
Similar Characters
趴 prostrate oneself趵 noise of tramping feet趸 sell or buy wholesale (simp)趺 sit趼 callous skin on趾 toe趿 slipshod跂 crawling跃 skip (simp)跄 walk rapidly (simp)跆 trample跋 go by foot跌 slump跎 stumble跏 sit cross-legged跐 to trample跑 run跖 foot (simp)跗 the instep跚 stagger
Chinese
踪 / 蹤 [zōng]
footprint; trace; tracks
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (26)
失踪 [shī​zōng] #989
to be missing
跟踪 [gēn​zōng] #1,271
to follow sb's tracks
追踪 [zhuī​zōng] #1,595
to follow a trail
行踪 [xíng​zōng] #5,634
whereabouts
踪影 [zōng​yǐng] #12,776
trace
踪迹 [zōng​jì] #7,701
tracks
无影无踪 [wú​yǐng​wú​zōng] #13,696
to disappear without trace (idiom)
影踪 [yǐng​zōng] #45,328
trace
来去无踪 [lái​qù​wú​zōng] #59,441
come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
潜踪 [qián​zōng] #63,302
in hiding
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JAPANESE WORDS (3)
先蹤 [せんしょう] #150,590
traces of a predecessor's deeds
追蹤 [ついしょう] #228,275
chase
前蹤 [ぜんしょう]
precedent