TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
跡
ㄐㄧˋ · jì
noun — a trace, a track, a mark left behind
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFyì → jì — initial and final moved off the donor
A foot (足) and the mark it presses into the ground — the place a step lands. 亦 carries the sound yì, worn to jì. From the footprint: 足跡 a footprint, 痕跡 a trace, 軌跡 a track, 事跡 a record of deeds. The older form wrote it 迹, with the road 辶.
意 · Meanings
(本義)跡（足跡）— a footprint, a track常用
→痕跡、軌跡— a trace; a track常用
→事跡— a record of deeds
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
迹jìthe older form — 迹 sets on the road 辶; 跡 sets it beside the foot ; same word蹟＝ ＋ 責jìthe variant — 蹟 sets 責 beside for the trace; 跡 keeps , same trace