踪 zōng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 足 — foot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
踪迹
zōngjì
trace; tracks; whereabouts
Characters in this word
迹 jì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 亦 also, too
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 调查人员在旧档案中寻找失踪船只最后留下的踪迹。 Diàochá rényuán zài jiù dàng'àn zhōng xúnzhǎo shīzōng chuánzhī zuìhòu liúxià de zōngjì. Investigators searched old archives for the last traces left by the missing vessel.
- 雪地上的踪迹表明，昨天有人来过这里。 Xuědì shàng de zōngjì biǎomíng, zuótiān yǒu rén láiguo zhèlǐ. The tracks in the snow show that someone was here yesterday.
- 搜救队在山谷里搜了三天，还是没有找到失踪者的踪迹。 Sōujiù duì zài shāngǔ lǐ sōu le sān tiān, háishì méiyǒu zhǎodào shīzōngzhě de zōngjì. The rescue team searched the valley for three days but still found no trace of the missing person.
Related words
- 跟踪 gēnzōng to track, to tail
- 失踪 shīzōng to go missing; to disappear
- 追踪 zhuīzōng to track; to follow up
- 古迹 gǔjì historic site, relic
- 痕迹 hénjì trace, mark
- 轨迹 guǐjì trajectory; path
- 迹象 jìxiàng sign; indication; symptom
- 绝迹 juéjì to disappear; to become extinct
- 事迹 shìjì deeds; achievements
- 字迹 zìjì handwriting; written characters
- 足迹 zújì footprint; trail; trace
- 走私 zǒusī to smuggle