跡

跡 U+8DE1, 跡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8DE1 ← 跠 [U+8DE0] CJK Unified Ideographs 跢 → [U+8DE2]

Japanese	跡
Simplified	迹
Traditional	跡/蹟

跡 (Kangxi radical 157, 足+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 口一卜中金 (RMYLC), four-corner 6013₀, composition ⿰𧾷亦)

• 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

trad.		跡/蹟/迹
simp.		迹
alternative forms		𨒪 𨒏 ancient

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

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.

• 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.

• “跡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji)

1. tracks

• Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kan-on: せき (seki, Jōyō)
• Kun: あと (ato, 跡, Jōyō)

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”).

• (Tokyo) あと [áꜜtò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠to̞]

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

Kanji in this term
跡
せき Grade: S
kan'on

Alternative spellings
迹 蹟

From Middle Chinese 跡 (MC tsjek).

• IPA^(key): [se̞kʲi]

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

Kanji in this term
跡
と Grade: S
kun'yomi

Aphesis of 跡(あと) (ato).

• IPA^(key): [to̞]

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.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [적]

Wikisource

跡 • (jeok) (hangeul 적)

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跡: Hán Nôm readings: tích

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