跟踪狂
gēn​zōng​kuáng

stalker

跟 gēn heel

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

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
艮
艮 Sound component
gěn, gèn, hén blunt

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯːn

說文解字

《說文》：“跟，足踵也。从足，聲。，跟或从止。”

Sources

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

踪 zōng footprints Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 足 represents the meaning and 宗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蹤.

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
宗
宗 Sound component
zōng, zong ancestor, sect

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsoŋ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

狂 kuáng insane, mad

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 往 represents the sound.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

往
往 SoundRemnant component
wǎng, wàng go

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 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 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

逛诳誑

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

诳誑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjwang[k-ɢʷ]aŋ mad, reckless

說文解字

《說文》：“狂，狾犬也。从犬，聲。忹，古文从心。”

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)

蹤 zōng footprints Traditional

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

Components

足
足 Meaning component
zú foot
從
從 Sound component
cóng, cōng from

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsloŋ
Unicodetziong

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang