Kanji Detail for 踪 - "footprint, trace"

踪

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

踪 means "footprint, trace." Also associated with to follow.
1. Footprint - Traces; tracks; whereabouts.
2. To follow - To imitate; to take after a predecessor.
Words using 踪
- 失踪しっそう disappearance; running away; going missing
Tattoo check: 踪
- Verified meaning: footprint, trace
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Also carries these associations: to follow
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

remains; clue; footprint

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

footprints, traces, tracks

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

variant of 蹤|踪[zong1]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

footprints, traces, tracks
Onyomi

shoh(ショウ)

soh(ソウ)
Kunyomi

ato(あと)
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

足 (ashi・ashihen)
Related Keywords

footprint trace to follow tracks clue evidence imprint mark path sign trail vestige whereabouts shadow indication

警察は彼の失踪を調査している。
The police are looking into his disappearance.
彼女の失踪で謎が一段と面白くなった。
Her disappearance gave zest to the mystery.
不法就労がバレたので、失踪を図りました。
It was exposed that they were doing illegal work, so they planned their disappearance.
バーミューダトライアングルでの失踪は不可解です。
The disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle are inexplicable.
３日後になってはじめて彼女が失踪したことを知った。
It was not until three days after that I knew she had disappeared.
我々はその医者の失踪について調査しなければならない。
We have to look into the disappearance of the doctor.
小さな田舎町で起きた失踪事件と殺人事件で、町中がてんやわんやだ。
The small rural village was in disarray after the disappearance and murder incidents.