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踪

zōng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 蹤

What 踪 means

1. bound formfootprint; trace; tracks

Other readings

踪 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zōngvariant of {踪|zōng}

Example sentences

• 他失踪了。
  He went missing.
• 他在跟踪你。
  Tā zài gēnzōng nǐ.
  He's stalking you.
• 坦克失踪了。
  The tank vanished.
• 追踪你的进展。
  Track your progress.
• 很多人依旧失踪。
  Hěn duō rén yījiù shīzōng.
  Many people are still missing.
• 我跟着鹿的踪迹。
  Wǒ gēnzhe lù de zōngjì.
  I followed the deer's tracks.

Words starting with 踪

• 踪迹zōng jìtracks; trail; footprint
• 踪影zōng yǐngtrace; vestige; presence

Words containing 踪

• 失踪shī zōngto be missing; to disappear; unaccounted for
• 跟踪gēn zōngto follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow
• 追踪zhuī zōngto track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)
• 无影无踪wú yǐng wú zōng(idiom) (to disappear) without a trace
• 行踪xíng zōngwhereabouts; (lose) track (of)
• 影踪yǐng zōngtrace; sign
• 潜踪qián zōngin hiding
• 无踪wú zōng(to vanish) without a trace
• 藏踪cáng zōngto hide
• 玩失踪wán shī zōngto hide oneself (as a joke)
• 跟踪器gēn zōng qìtracker (device)
• 不知所踪bù zhī suǒ zōngto vanish without a trace; to go missing
• 来去无踪lái qù wú zōngcome without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom)…
• 光线追踪guāng xiàn zhuī zōng(computing) ray tracing
• 追踪报导zhuī zōng bào dǎofollow-up report
• 追踪号码zhuī zōng hào mǎtracking number (of a package shipment)
• 追踪调查zhuī zōng diào cháfollow-up study; investigative follow-up
• 来踪去迹lái zōng qù jì(lit.) the traces of a person's movements (idiom); (fig.) sb's history…
• 跟踪狂gēn zōng kuángstalker
• 跟踪骚扰gēn zōng sāo rǎo(law) to stalk (sb)
• 迷踪罗汉拳mí zōng luó hàn quánMizongyi, Mizong, My Jhong Law Horn - "Lost Track Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
• 逃窜无踪táo cuàn wú zōngto disperse and flee, leaving no trace
• 蹑踪niè zōngto follow along behind sb (formal writing)
• 一去无影踪yī qù wú yǐng zōnggone without a trace

Characters built on 宗

These share the phonetic component 宗 (zōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 综zōng(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 崇chónghigh; sublime; lofty
• 棕zōngpalm; palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 鬃zōngbristles; horse's mane
• 粽zòngrice dumplings wrapped in leaves
• 淙cóngnoise of water
• 琮cóngjade tube with round hole and rectangular sides, used ceremonially in ancient times

Characters that look like 踪

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 酷kùruthless; strong (e.g. of wine); (loanword) cool
• 酸suānsour; tart; sick at heart
• 踩cǎito step on; to tread; to stamp
• 龈yíngums (of the teeth)
• 踉liángused in 跳踉
• 鲲kūnfry (newly hatched fish); legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鹏

Sounds the same

Read zōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 综(bound form) to synthesize; to combine; Taiwan pr. zòng
• 宗school; sect; purpose
• 棕palm; palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 鬃bristles; horse's mane
• 鬷kettle on legs
• 䗥used in 螉䗥
• 猣dog giving birth to three puppies
• 翪uneven flight of a bird
• 腙hydrazone (chemistry)
• 豵litter of pigs; little pig
• 鯮long spiky-head carp
• 枞used in 枞阳