漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
跡: tracks, mark
Also: print, impression
JLPT N213 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
足 carries the meaning · 亦 is drawn in
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
セキseki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 足跡そくせき/あしあとfootprints
- 奇跡きせきmiracle, wonder, marvel
- 筆跡ひっせきhandwriting
- 遺跡いせきhistoric ruins
- 軌跡きせきlocus, tracks
- 追跡するついせきするpursue
あとato · kun'yomi · on its own
- 跡あとtrace, tracks, mark, remains
- 跡形あとかたtrace, vestige, evidence
- 傷跡きずあとscar, cicatrix
- 城跡しろあとcastle site, ruins of a castle
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the foot firmly planted on the earth! The top part is the sturdy leg, while the bottom shows the foot ready to take a bold step forward.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亦
Also built on also (亦)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side跡 tracks · 足
vs蛮 barbarian · 虫In ChineseSimplified 迹 · traditional, as in Japanese · jì
Japan keeps the traditional form 跡; mainland China simplifies it to 迹.
- Simplified
- 迹 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 跡 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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