踪
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(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks
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Dict coverage rank #1,994 U+8E2A
How 踪 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
足 (semantic, “foot”) + 宗 (phonetic, zōng)
How to remember it
tracks · Heisig RSH #2328
wooden leg + 宗 religion
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 宗
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 宗 (zōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宗 sound component | zōng | ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect |
| 棕 | zōng | hemp palm; palm tree |
| 综 | zōng | to sum up; to arrange threads for weaving |
| 崇 | chóng | high, dignified; to esteem, to honor |
| 粽 | zòng | a dumpling made of glutinous rice |
| 鬃 | zōng | mane; neck bristles |
| 琮 | cóng | an octagonal jade ornament |
| 淙 | cóng | the sound of water gurgling |
| 腙 | zōng | an organic compound |
Words containing 踪
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 来无影，去无踪 | lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng | lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a tr… |
| 一去无影踪 | yī qù wú yǐng zōng | gone without a trace |
| 无影无踪 | wú yǐng wú zōng | (idiom) (to disappear) without a trace |
| 不知所踪 | bù zhī suǒ zōng | to vanish without a trace; to go missing |
| 来去无踪 | lái qù wú zōng | come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trac… |
| 光线追踪 | guāng xiàn zhuī zōng | (computing) ray tracing |
| 追踪报导 | zhuī zōng bào dǎo | follow-up report |
| 迷踪罗汉拳 | mí zōng luó hàn quán | Mizongyi, Mizong, My Jhong Law Horn - "Lost Track Fist" (Chinese Martial Art) |
| 追踪调查 | zhuī zōng diào chá | follow-up study; investigative follow-up |
| 追踪号码 | zhuī zōng hào mǎ | tracking number (of a package shipment) |
| 来踪去迹 | lái zōng qù jì | (lit.) the traces of a person's movements (idiom); (fig.) sb's history; the ins and out of… |
| 无踪 | wú zōng | (to vanish) without a trace |
| 行踪 | xíng zōng | whereabouts; (lose) track (of) |
| 玩失踪 | wán shī zōng | to hide oneself (as a joke) |
| 失踪 | shī zōng | to be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for |
| 跟踪器 | gēn zōng qì | tracker (device) |
| 影踪 | yǐng zōng | trace; sign |
| 踪影 | zōng yǐng | trace; vestige; presence |
| 藏踪 | cáng zōng | to hide |
| 追踪 | zhuī zōng | to track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) |