跟踪
gēn​zōng HSK7

tail

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

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