variant of 跡|迹[ji4]

movement (辶) + phonetic (亦) = traces left along a path

The movement radical grounds the meaning: a trace is the path left behind after someone has passed through. 亦 contributes the sound jì and does not add semantic weight here.

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雪地上留下了动物的足

xuě dì shàng liú xià le dòng wù de zú jì。

animal footprints were left on the snowy ground.

这里还保留着古人生活的痕

zhè lǐ hái bǎo liú zhe gǔ rén shēng huó de hén jì。

traces of ancient people's lives are still preserved here.

Words with 迹

印迹

yìn jì

footprint

迳迹

jìng jì

track

遐迹

xiá jì

stories of ancient people

遗迹

yí jì

trace

销声匿迹

xiāo shēng nì jì

to vanish without trace (idiom)

锈迹

xiù jì

rust stain

陈迹

chén jì

traces of the past; vestiges; historical remains

隐迹

yǐn jì

hidden tracks

隐迹埋名

yǐn jì mái míng

to live incognito

云雾径迹

yún wù jìng jì

cloud track (trace of ionizing particle in cloud chamber)

血迹

xuè jì

bloodstain

血迹斑斑

xuè jì bān bān

bloodstained

More characters with 辶