跡

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See also: 迹
跡 U+8DE1, 跡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DE1
← 跠
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 跢 →

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

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

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

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ciáh - vernacular;
  • cék - literary.
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.
Rime
Character 跡
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 清 (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/
Bernard
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 		/*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. * 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

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

Japanese

Kanji

跡

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. tracks

Readings

Compounds

Compounds

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

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

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

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 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Hanja

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Wikisource

跡 • (jeok) (hangeul 적)

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Vietnamese

Han character

跡: Hán Nôm readings: tích

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