跡

See also: 迹

跡 U+8DE1, 跡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DE1 ← 跠 [U+8DE0] CJK Unified Ideographs 跢 → [U+8DE2]

Translingual

Japanese	跡
Simplified	迹
Traditional	跡/蹟

Han character

跡 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一卜中金 (RMYLC), four-corner 6013₀, composition ⿰𧾷亦)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1224, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37493
• Dae Jaweon: page 1696, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3706, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8DE1

Chinese

trad.		跡/蹟/迹
simp.		迹
alternative forms		𨒪 𨒏 ancient

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
夜	*laːɡs
鵺	*laːɡs
迹	*ʔsleːɡ
跡	*ʔsleːɡ
亦	*laːɡ
弈	*laːɡ
奕	*laːɡ
帟	*laːɡ
腋	*laːɡ
掖	*laːɡ
焲	*laːɡ
液	*laːɡ

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

Variant of 迹 using a semantic component with similar meaning; see there for more. Current form is a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsleːɡ) : semantic 𧾷 (“foot”) + phonetic 亦 (OC *laːɡ).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	跡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	資昔切
Baxter	tsjek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡siᴇk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɛk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siæk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡siajk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡siɛk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭɛk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡si̯ɛk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zik1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	跡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jì
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjek ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ek/
English	footprint, traces
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	跡
Reading #	1/1
No.	14995
Phonetic component	亦
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	積
Old Chinese	/*ʔsleːɡ/
Notes	同跡見左傳

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jì, jī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ, ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ / zek³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chiak

  (Hailu, HRS): zid

  (Meixian, Guangdong): jiag⁵

• Eastern Min (BUC): ciáh / cék
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zia⁵ / zih⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiah / liah / tiah / jiah / chiak / chek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziah⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jì
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴
    • Yale: jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jih
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zik¹ / zek³
    • Yale: jīk / jek
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ / dzek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ / zég³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵/, /t͡sɛːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiak
    • Hakka Romanization System: jiag^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jiag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯ak̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zid
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sit⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: jiag⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡siak̚¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ciáh / cék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɑʔ²⁴/, /t͡sɛiʔ²⁴/

Note:

• ciáh - vernacular;
• cék - literary.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zia⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sia²¹/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zih⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siʔ¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zih⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siʔ²/
Note:
• zia5 - vernacular;
• zih6 - literary.
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiah
    • Tâi-lô: tsiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liah
    • Tâi-lô: liah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /liaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /liaʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiah
    • Tâi-lô: tiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaq
    • IPA (Philippines): /tiaʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiah
    • Tâi-lô: jiah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiaq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak
    • Tâi-lô: tsiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciag
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡siak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek
    • Tâi-lô: tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²/
Note:
• chiah - vernacular (“trace (chiefly Mainland); place (Zhangzhou); classifier for marks”);
• liah - vernacular (“trace; place (Mainland, Taiwan)”);
• tiah - vernacular (“place”);
• jiah - vernacular (“trace; classifier for marks”);
• chiak/chek - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siaʔ²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciq
    • MiniDict: cih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjek

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ek/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsleːɡ/

Definitions

跡

1. footprint; trace; mark

   足跡／足迹  ―  zújì  ―  footprint

   血跡／血迹  ―  xuèjì  ―  bloodstain

   筆跡／笔迹  ―  bǐjì  ―  handwriting; writing

   毀屍滅跡／毁尸灭迹  ―  huǐshīmièjì  ―  to destroy the evidence of one's crime

2. remains; ruin; vestige

   古跡／古迹  ―  gǔjì  ―  historical site

3. thing done; deed; exploit

   奇跡／奇迹  ―  qíjì  ―  miracle

   劣跡／劣迹  ―  lièjì  ―  wrongdoing

4. (Hokkien) Classifier for a place.

   這跡／这迹 [Hokkien]  ―  chit-liah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  here; this place

5. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) Classifier for marks, prints, and traces.

Usage notes

• In Taiwan, both 跡 and 蹟 are standard forms. 蹟 is used in some compounds like 奇蹟 and 事蹟 (in which 跡 or 迹 are acceptable but could be seen as informal), while 跡 is used in others like 痕跡 and 筆跡 (in which 跡 should not be written as 蹟).
• In Hong Kong, only 跡 is the standard form, while 蹟 and 迹 are acceptable variant forms.

Compounds

• 不著痕跡／不着痕迹 (bùzhuóhénjì)
• 並跡／并迹
• 事跡／事迹 (shìjì)
• 人跡／人迹 (rénjì)
• 人跡杳然／人迹杳然
• 人跡罕至／人迹罕至 (rénjìhǎnzhì)
• 來蹤去跡／来踪去迹
• 兔跡狐蹤／兔迹狐踪
• 削跡／削迹
• 剗跡／刬迹
• 劣跡／劣迹 (lièjì)
• 劣跡昭著／劣迹昭着
• 勝跡／胜迹 (shèngjì)
• 匿跡／匿迹 (nìjì)
• 匿跡潛形／匿迹潜形
• 匿跡銷聲／匿迹销声
• 匿跡隱形／匿迹隐形
• 史跡／史迹 (shǐjì)
• 古跡／古迹 (gǔjì)
• 名勝古跡／名胜古迹 (míngshèng gǔjì)
• 奇跡／奇迹 (qíjì)
• 奇蹤異跡／奇踪异迹
• 奧跡／奥迹 (àojì)
• 字跡／字迹 (zìjì)
• 安跡／安迹
• 寄跡／寄迹
• 密跡／密迹
• 密跡金剛／密迹金刚
• 尋蹤覓跡／寻踪觅迹
• 對筆跡／对笔迹
• 屏跡／屏迹 (bǐngjì)
• 平面描跡／平面描迹
• 弢跡匿光／弢迹匿光
• 形跡／形迹 (xíngjì)
• 形跡可疑／形迹可疑
• 形跡敗露／形迹败露
• 影跡／影迹 (yǐngjì)
• 心跡／心迹 (xīnjì)
• 手跡／手迹 (shǒujì)
• 投跡／投迹
• 拔跡／拔迹
• 探尋勝跡／探寻胜迹
• 斂跡／敛迹 (liǎnjì)
• 晦跡／晦迹
• 晦跡韜光／晦迹韬光
• 書跡／书迹 (shūjì)
• 杜門屏跡／杜门屏迹
• 杜門晦跡／杜门晦迹
• 杳無人跡／杳无人迹
• 杳無蹤跡／杳无踪迹
• 殺人滅跡／杀人灭迹
• 毀屍滅跡／毁尸灭迹 (huǐshīmièjì)
• 比跡／比迹
• 汗跡／汗迹
• 泯然無跡／泯然无迹
• 治跡／治迹
• 泯跡／泯迹
• 流風遺跡／流风遗迹
• 消聲匿跡／消声匿迹
• 消聲滅跡／消声灭迹
• 浪跡／浪迹 (làngjì)
• 浪跡天下／浪迹天下
• 浪跡天涯／浪迹天涯
• 浪跡江湖／浪迹江湖
• 海跡湖／海迹湖
• 浪跡萍蹤／浪迹萍踪
• 混跡／混迹
• 淪跡／沦迹
• 滅跡／灭迹 (mièjì)
• 潛形匿跡／潜形匿迹
• 潛蹤隱跡／潜踪隐迹
• 潛身遠跡／潜身远迹
• 濡跡／濡迹
• 無跡可尋／无迹可寻
• 王跡／王迹
• 畏影惡跡／畏影恶迹
• 略跡原心／略迹原心
• 略跡原情／略迹原情 (lüèjìyuánqíng)
• 痕跡／痕迹 (hénjì)
• 發跡／发迹 (fājì)
• 發跡變泰／发迹变泰
• 真跡／真迹 (zhēnjì)
• 禹跡／禹迹
• 穢跡／秽迹
• 筆跡／笔迹 (bǐjì)
• 筆跡鑑定／笔迹鉴定
• 絕跡／绝迹 (juéjì)
• 聲跡彰露／声迹彰露
• 腳跡／脚迹 (jiǎojì)
• 舊跡／旧迹 (jiùjì)
• 著跡／着迹
• 萍蹤梗跡／萍踪梗迹
• 萍蹤浪跡／萍踪浪迹
• 葉跡／叶迹
• 蛛絲馬跡／蛛丝马迹 (zhūsīmǎjì)
• 血跡／血迹
• 血跡斑斑／血迹斑斑
• 行跡／行迹 (xíngjì)
• 表明心跡／表明心迹
• 襲跡／袭迹
• 託跡／托迹
• 變跡埋名／变迹埋名
• 足跡／足迹 (zújì)
• 跡地／迹地 (jìdì)
• 跡捕／迹捕
• 跡象／迹象 (jìxiàng)
• 蹤跡／踪迹 (zōngjì)
• 車塵馬跡／车尘马迹
• 車轍馬跡／车辙马迹
• 軌跡／轨迹 (guǐjì)
• 轍跡／辙迹
• 逃名晦跡／逃名晦迹
• 追蹤躡跡／追踪蹑迹
• 遁名匿跡／遁名匿迹
• 遁跡／遁迹 (dùnjì)
• 遐跡／遐迹
• 遁跡潛形／遁迹潜形
• 遁跡銷聲／遁迹销声
• 遯跡山林／遁迹山林
• 遺跡／遗迹 (yíjì)
• 邁跡／迈迹
• 銷聲匿跡／销声匿迹 (xiāoshēngnìjì)
• 銷聲斂跡／销声敛迹
• 陳跡／陈迹 (chénjì)
• 隱跡埋名／隐迹埋名
• 隱跡藏名／隐迹藏名
• 韜光晦跡／韬光晦迹
• 韜光滅跡／韬光灭迹
• 韜光隱跡／韬光隐迹
• 韜聲匿跡／韬声匿迹
• 風萍浪跡／风萍浪迹
• 駢肩累跡／骈肩累迹
• 墨跡／墨迹 (mòjì)
• 龜文鳥跡／龟文鸟迹

 

References

• “跡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 跡

跡

(Jōyō kanji)

1. tracks

Readings

• Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kan-on: せき (seki, Jōyō)
• Kun: あと (ato, 跡, Jōyō)

Compounds

Compounds

• 足跡(あしあと) (ashiato)
• 遺跡(いせき) (iseki), 遺跡(ゆいせき) (yuiseki)
• 奇跡(きせき) (kiseki): miracle
• 形跡(けいせき) (keiseki)
• 史跡(しせき) (shiseki)
• 足跡(そくせき) (sokuseki)
• 焼(や)け跡(あと) (yakeato)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
跡
あと Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
痕 迹 址 𫐤

Compound of 足(あ) (a, “foot”) + 所(と) (to, “place”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あと [áꜜtò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠to̞]

Noun

跡(あと) • (ato) 

1. evidence of something passing; footsteps, trace, tracks

   靴(くつ)の跡(あと) ― kutsu no ato ― shoeprints

   犯(はん)人(にん)の跡(あと)を追(お)う

   hannin no ato o ou

   track down the criminal

   (literally, “follow the trace of the criminal”)

2. mark or trace left on something after a certain act is done to it

   Synonyms: 痕跡, 形跡

   手(しゅ)術(じゅつ)の痕(あと) ― shujutsu no ato ― surgical scar

   水(みず)茎(くき)の跡(あと) ― mizukuki no ato ― handwriting (literally, “traces of a pen”)

3. remains, ruins

   寺(じ)院(いん)の址(あと) ― jīn no ato ― remains of a temple

4. family estate or property

   Synonym: 家督

5. precedent, example

   Synonym: 先例

   古(こ)人(じん)の跡(あと)にならう

   kojin no ato ni narau

   follow in the footsteps of the ancients

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
跡
せき Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spellings
迹 蹟

From Middle Chinese 跡 (MC tsjek).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲi]

Noun

跡(せき) • (seki) 

1. footsteps, tracks
2. trace, mark; remains
3. family possessions

   名(みょう)跡(せき) ― myōseki ― family name

   門(もん)跡(ぜき) ― monzeki ― Monzeki temple

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
跡
と Grade: S
kun'yomi

Aphesis of 跡(あと) (ato).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞]

Noun

跡(と) • (to) 

1. Used in compound terms such as 跡(と)絶(だ)える (todaeru, “to cut off, sever”), 跡(と)見(み) (tomi, “tracking (in hunting)”), etc.

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [적]

Hanja

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跡

Wikisource 跡 • (jeok) (hangeul 적)

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Vietnamese

Han character

跡: Hán Nôm readings: tích

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