踪
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(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 足 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 踪
- Common rank
- #1,994
- Unicode
- U+8E2A
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 踪
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 来无影，去无踪 | lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a tr… | |
| 一去无影踪 | gone without a trace | |
| 无影无踪 | (idiom) (to disappear) without a trace | |
| 不知所踪 | to vanish without a trace; to go missing | |
| 来去无踪 | come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trac… | |
| 光线追踪 | (computing) ray tracing | |
| 追踪报导 | follow-up report | |
| 迷踪罗汉拳 | Mizongyi, Mizong, My Jhong Law Horn - "Lost Track Fist" (Chinese Martial Art) | |
| 追踪调查 | follow-up study; investigative follow-up | |
| 追踪号码 | tracking number (of a package shipment) | |
| 来踪去迹 | (lit.) the traces of a person's movements (idiom); (fig.) sb's history; the ins and out of… | |
| 无踪 | (to vanish) without a trace | |
| 行踪 | whereabouts; (lose) track (of) | |
| 玩失踪 | to hide oneself (as a joke) | |
| 失踪 | to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for | |
| 跟踪器 | tracker (device) | |
| 影踪 | trace; sign | |
| 踪影 | trace; vestige; presence | |
| 藏踪 | to hide | |
| 追踪 | to track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 宗 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宗 sound part | ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect | |
| 棕 | hemp palm; palm tree | |
| 综 | to sum up; to arrange threads for weaving | |
| 崇 | high, dignified; to esteem, to honor | |
| 粽 | a dumpling made of glutinous rice | |
| 鬃 | mane; neck bristles | |
| 琮 | an octagonal jade ornament | |
| 淙 | the sound of water gurgling | |
| 腙 | an organic compound |