noun #8,616

Meanings

  1. 1 mark; trace; track
  2. 2 sign; indication; vestige
  3. 3 footprint; remains

Examples

Xuědì shang liú xià le dòngwù de zújì.
Animal tracks were left in the snow.
Tā xiāoshī de wúyǐngwújì.
He disappeared without a trace.
Zhè zuò gǔjì yǒu liǎng qiān nián de lìshǐ.
This historic site has two thousand years of history.

Tips

usage
is a bound morpheme — it rarely appears alone and is usually part of a compound: 痕迹 (traces), 足迹 (footprints), 奇迹 (miracle), 古迹 (historic site), 事迹 (deeds), 轨迹 (trajectory).
mistakes
The traditional form has (foot) on the left, reflecting the original meaning of 'footprint.' The simplified form uses (movement radical) instead.

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