踪

zōng

variant of 蹤|踪[zong1]

(bound form) footprint; trace; tracks

foot (足) + sound (宗) = footprint; trace

足 grounds the meaning in the physical act of walking and leaving marks underfoot. 宗 is primarily phonetic, lending the zōng sound.

足+宗→踪
宗Ancestral hallPhonetic
足FootSemantic

警察跟踪了那个可疑的人。

jǐng chá gēn zōng le nà ge kě yí de rén。

The police followed and tracked that suspicious person.

他突然失踪,家人都很担心。

tā tū rán shī zōng,jiā rén dōu hěn dān xīn。

He suddenly disappeared without a trace, and his family was very worried.

Words with 踪

无影无踪

wú yǐng wú zōng

(idiom) (to disappear) without a trace

一去无影踪

yī qù wú yǐng zōng

gone without a trace

不见一点踪影

bù jiàn yī diǎn zōng yǐng

no trace to be seen

来去无踪

lái qù wú zōng

come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace

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 trace

来踪去迹

lái zōng qù jì

lit. the traces of a person's movements (idiom)

光线追踪

guāng xiàn zhuī zōng

(computing) ray tracing

失踪

shī zōng

to be missing

影踪

yǐng zōng

trace

潜踪

qián zōng

in hiding

潜逃无踪

qián táo wú zōng

to abscond without leaving a trace (idiom)

无踪

wú zōng

(to vanish) without a trace

More characters with 足

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