Memory phrase for the character: 跡
跡
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Meaning
trace, track, mark, remains, impression
Pronunciation
SEKI ato
Explanation
Left: foot 足 (kneecap [=patella] 口 and a footprint 止), right: var. of red 赤 (When earth/clay 土 is burned 灬, the pottery turns red. But here: bloody)
Mnemonic
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A foot that is reddish, thus bloody, leaves traces.
Radicals
足
foot It shows at the top a kneecap 口 and at the bottom a foot-print 止.
赤
red When earth 土 (clay) is burned 灬, the pottery becomes red.
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Vocabulary
痕跡
こんせき
evidence, trace, vestige, mark, sign
7788
追跡
ついせき
pursuit
5894
足跡
あしあと
footprints
5766
跡
あと
(1) trace, tracks, mark, sign, (2) remains, ruins, (3) scar
5767
跡継ぎ
あとつぎ
heir, successor
5768
遺跡
いせき
historic ruins (remains, relics)
6062
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