踪 (zōng): trace, track
踪 (zōng) is a Chinese character meaning “trace, track.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 足 (semantic) and 宗 (phonetic). It ranks #1522 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 踪 foot. Its radical form 足 (foot) appears in many related characters such as 跑 (pǎo, to run), 跟 (gēn, follow, heel), 路 (lù, road).
Definitions
- trace, track
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 踪
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失踪 | shī zōng | to be missing |
| 追踪 | zhuī zōng | to track |
| 行踪 | xíng zōng | whereabouts |
| 踪迹 | zōng jì | tracks |
| 踪影 | zōng yǐng | trace |
| 无影无踪 | wú yǐng wú zōng | (idiom) (to disappear) 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) |
| 一去无影踪 | yī qù wú yǐng zōng | gone 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) |
| 来踪去迹 | lái zōng qù jì | lit. the traces of a person's movements (idiom) |
| 追踪报导 | zhuī zōng bào dǎo | follow-up report |
| 光线追踪 | guāng xiàn zhuī zōng | (computing) ray tracing |
| 无踪 | wú zōng | (to vanish) without a trace |
| 追踪调查 | zhuī zōng diào chá | follow-up study |
踪 appears in 28 compound words: 7 as the first character, 61 as the last, and 32 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 踪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
警察正在追踪嫌疑人的下落。
Jǐngchá zhèngzài zhuīzōng xiányírén de xiàluò.
The police are tracking the suspect's whereabouts.
...小便后甩一甩是进化遗留行为吗?祖先为防追踪气味而甩干吗
. . . xiǎo biàn hòu shuǎi yī shuǎi shì jìn huà yí liú háng wéi ma ? zǔ xiān wéi fáng zhuī zōng qì wèi ér shuǎi gān ma
Is shaking off urine after urination an evolutionary remnant? Did our ancestors shake off urine to avoid leaving a scent trail?
墨西哥毒枭密会情妇曝行踪 躲灌木丛驳火中枪惨死
mò xī gē dú 枭 mì huì qíng fù pù háng zōng duǒ guàn mù cóng bó huǒ zhōng qiāng cǎn sǐ
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gǎng gǔ gài niàn zhuī zōng chūn wǎn rén xíng jī qì rén bào huǒ chū juān ! jī gòu yù jì jīn . . .
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gǎng gǔ gài niàn zhuī zōng cún chǔ xīn piàn zhǎng jià cháo yù yǎn yù liè háng yè quán miàn jìn . . .
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...园遭击毙 21岁嫌身分曝光!家人才刚报失踪
. . . yuán zāo jī bì suì xián shēn fēn pù guāng ! jiā rén cái gāng bào shī zōng
...Park Shot Dead: 21-Year-Old Suspect's Identity Revealed! Family Had Just Reported Him Missing
猎人跟着熊的踪迹。
Lièrén gēnzhe xióng de zōngjì.
The hunter followed the bear tracks.
他消失了，不留一丝踪迹。
Tā xiāoshī le, bù liú yī sī zōngjì.
He vanished without a trace.
狮子在跟踪它的猎物。
Shīzi zài gēnzōng tā de lièwù.
The lion is stalking its prey.
在人群中，我们失去了那个男人的踪影。
Zài rénqún zhōng, wǒmen shīqù le nàge nánrén de zōngyǐng.
We lost sight of the man in the crowd.
Character Family
足 Radical Family — Characters sharing the foot radical
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