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踪 denotes a footprint, trace, or track left behind by a person or thing that has passed through an area. It is a phono-semantic compound: the left side is the semantic radical 足 (zú, 'foot'/'leg'), which grounds the meaning in walking and physical movement across the ground. The right side is the phonetic component 宗 (zōng), serving strictly to indicate the pronunciation without adding any semantic value. This is the simplified form of the traditional character 蹤, in which the right side was 從 (cóng). 從 means 'to follow,' so it provided both the sound and a subtle semantic suggestion of following a path. The switch from 從 to 宗 streamlined the character's structure while maintaining the clear link between the foot radical and the notion of a trace.
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小狗的踪迹在这里。
警察正在追踪小偷。
失踪的孩子找到了。
从昨天起，他就没有踪迹。
如果我们不追踪这些数据，就无法分析趋势。
科学家利用卫星追踪候鸟的迁徙。
在森林里，猎人们仔细寻找着野兽的踪迹。
尽管警方动用了大量警力追踪逃犯，但他的踪迹仍然消失在人群中。
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