绝迹 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

juéjì

vanish

jué cut Simplified

Depicts a knife (刀) cutting a thread (纟). 卩 represents the sound. Simplified form of 絕.

Components

纟 Iconic component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

刀 Iconic component

dāo knife

卩 Sound component

jié person kneeling

Modern form looks like 巴.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 卩 than it was in ancient scripts.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.888
Readings & variants: Unicode

jī footprint, trace Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 亦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 跡.

Components

辶 Meaning component

chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

亦 Sound component

yì also

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Seal form — Seal Qin 221-206 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsjek	[ts]ek	footprint, traces

說文解字

《說文》：“迹，步處也。从辵，亦聲。蹟，或从足、責。，籀文迹从朿。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jué cut Traditional

Depicts a knife (刀) cutting a thread (糸). 卩 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Iconic component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

刀 Iconic component

dāo knife

卩 Sound component

jié person kneeling

Modern form looks like 巴.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 卩 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzjwet	[dz]ot	cut off

說文解字

《說文》：“絕，斷絲也。从糸，从刀，从卩。，古文絕，象不連體，絕二絲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.888
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jī trace, footprint Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 亦 represents the sound.

Components

足 Meaning component

zú foot

亦 Sound component

yì also

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsjek	[ts]ek	footprint, traces

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart