Memory phrase for the character: 跡

跡

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Meaning

trace, track, mark, remains, impression

Pronunciation

SEKI
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Explanation

Left: foot 足 (kneecap [=patella] 口 and a footprint 止), right: var. of red 赤 (When earth/clay 土 is burned 灬, the pottery turns red. But here: bloody)

Mnemonic


 
A foot that is reddish, thus bloody, leaves traces.

Radicals

足 footIt shows at the top a kneecap 口 and at the bottom a foot-print 止.
赤 redWhen earth 土 (clay) is burned 灬, the pottery becomes red.




 Vocabulary

痕跡 こんせき  evidence, trace, vestige, mark, sign
追跡 ついせき  pursuit
足跡 あしあと  footprints
跡 あと  (1) trace, tracks, mark, sign, (2) remains, ruins, (3) scar
跡継ぎ あとつぎ  heir, successor
遺跡 いせき  historic ruins (remains, relics)


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