蹤

See also: 踨 and 踪

蹤 U+8E64, 蹤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8E64 ← 蹣 [U+8E63] CJK Unified Ideographs 蹥 → [U+8E65]

Translingual

Han character

蹤 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+11, 18 strokes, Cangjie input 口一竹人人 (RMHOO), four-corner 6818₁, composition ⿰𧾷從)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1232, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37823
• Dae Jaweon: page 1704, character 38
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3735, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8E64

Chinese

trad.		蹤/踪*
simp.		踪*
nonstandard simp.		𧿛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (从) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
摐	*sʰroːŋ, *sʰloŋ
鏦	*sʰroːŋ, *sʰloŋ
豵	*ʔsloːŋ, *ʔsloŋ
嵸	*ʔsloːŋ, *ʔsloːŋʔ
蓯	*ʔsloːŋʔ
蹤	*ʔsloŋ
縱	*ʔsloŋ, *ʔsloŋs
樅	*ʔsloŋ, *sʰloŋ
磫	*ʔsloŋ
熧	*ʔsloŋ
瘲	*ʔsloŋs
暰	*sʰloŋ
瑽	*sʰloŋ
從	*zloŋ, *zloŋ, *zloŋs
从	*zloŋ
慫	*sloŋʔ
聳	*sloŋʔ
傱	*sloŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsloŋ) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 從 (OC *zloŋ, *zloŋ, *zloŋs, “follow”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zōng (zong¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄥ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zong¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chiûng

  (Hailu, HRS): ziung^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): jiung¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): cŭng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zorng¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chong / chng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zong
    • Wade–Giles: tsung¹
    • Yale: dzūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzong
    • Palladius: цзун (czun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zong¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zung¹
    • Yale: jūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiung^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯uŋ²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziung^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡siuŋ⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: jiung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕiʊŋ⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cŭng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suŋ⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zorng¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: co̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɒŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zorng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɒŋ⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chong
    • Tâi-lô: tsong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zofng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng
    • Tâi-lô: tsng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngf
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍³³/

Note:

• chng - vernacular;
• chong - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zong¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsong
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjowng

Rime
Character	蹤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	即容切
Baxter	tsjowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suawŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡sioŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭwoŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsloŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蹤
Reading #	1/1
No.	1843
Phonetic component	从
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	縱
Old Chinese	/*ʔsloŋ/
Notes	見釋名

Definitions

蹤

1. footprint; trace; track

Compounds

• 一去無影蹤 / 一去无影踪
• 不見蹤影 / 不见踪影 (bùjiànzōngyǐng)
• 作戰失蹤 / 作战失踪
• 作戰失蹤人員 / 作战失踪人员
• 來去無蹤 / 来去无踪
• 來無影，追無蹤 / 来无影，追无踪
• 來蹤去影 / 来踪去影
• 來蹤去跡 / 来踪去迹
• 兔跡狐蹤 / 兔迹狐踪
• 動作跟蹤器 / 动作跟踪器
• 失蹤 / 失踪 (shīzōng)
• 失蹤人口 / 失踪人口
• 奇蹤異跡 / 奇踪异迹
• 孤蹤 / 孤踪
• 尋蹤覓跡 / 寻踪觅迹
• 形蹤 / 形踪
• 影蹤 / 影踪 (yǐngzōng)
• 敵蹤 / 敌踪
• 杳然無蹤 / 杳然无踪
• 杳無蹤影 / 杳无踪影
• 杳無蹤跡 / 杳无踪迹
• 比蹤 / 比踪
• 浪跡萍蹤 / 浪迹萍踪
• 潛蹤 / 潜踪 (qiánzōng)
• 潛蹤隱跡 / 潜踪隐迹
• 潛逃無蹤 / 潜逃无踪
• 無形無蹤 / 无形无踪
• 無影無蹤 / 无影无踪 (wúyǐngwúzōng)
• 無故失蹤 / 无故失踪
• 無蹤無影 / 无踪无影 (wúzōngwúyǐng)
• 玩失蹤 / 玩失踪 (wán shīzōng)
• 發蹤指示 / 发踪指示
• 綠野仙蹤 / 绿野仙踪
• 芳蹤 / 芳踪
• 萍蹤 / 萍踪 (píngzōng)
• 萍蹤不定 / 萍踪不定
• 萍蹤梗跡 / 萍踪梗迹
• 萍蹤浪影 / 萍踪浪影
• 萍蹤浪跡 / 萍踪浪迹
• 萍蹤靡定 / 萍踪靡定
• 藏蹤 / 藏踪 (cángzōng)
• 行蹤 / 行踪 (xíngzōng)
• 行蹤無定 / 行踪无定
• 行蹤詭秘 / 行踪诡秘
• 行蹤飄忽 / 行踪飘忽
• 跟蹤 / 跟踪 (gēnzōng)
• 跟蹤器 / 跟踪器 (gēnzōngqì)
• 跟蹤狂 / 跟踪狂 (gēnzōngkuáng)
• 跟蹤者 / 跟踪者
• 蹤影 / 踪影 (zōngyǐng)
• 蹤由 / 踪由
• 蹤緒 / 踪绪
• 蹤跡 / 踪迹 (zōngjì)
• 躡足潛蹤 / 蹑足潜踪
• 躡蹤 / 蹑踪
• 逃竄無蹤 / 逃窜无踪
• 追蹤 / 追踪 (zhuīzōng)
• 追蹤報導 / 追踪报导
• 迷蹤失路 / 迷踪失路
• 追蹤號碼 / 追踪号码
• 追蹤覓影 / 追踪觅影
• 追蹤調查 / 追踪调查
• 追蹤躡跡 / 追踪蹑迹
• 遊蹤 / 游踪
• 遺蹤 / 遗踪
• 雷達追蹤 / 雷达追踪
• 高蹤 / 高踪

Japanese

Kanji

蹤

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 踪)

1. footprint; trace; track
2. to follow
3. to release, to free

Readings

• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kun: あと (ato)

References

• “^▲蹤”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

蹤 (eum 종 (jong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

蹤: Hán Việt readings: tung
蹤: Nôm readings: tung

1. chữ Hán form of tung (“footprint”)