蹟 (jī) — a trace, footprint, mark left behind; a vestige, deed

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TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字

蹟 character · B1 (est.)

蹟＝足＋責

ㄐㄧ · jī

noun — a trace, footprint, mark left behind; a vestige, deed

字源 FORM — what the parts do

足義a foot — the step that leaves the mark

責聲zé — gives the sounda thorn 朿 over a shell 貝 — pressing a demand

IFTzé → jī — initial, final and tone all shift

A foot (足) and the place it pressed down — the original is the spot a step lands, the footprint. 責 zé carries the sound, drifted hard from zé to jī; its own core is the thorn 朿 (cì), the deeper sound source. From the footprint come the traces left behind: 足蹟、遺蹟、古蹟, and the wondrous deed 奇蹟. Written 跡 or 迹 just as often.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一隻腳（足）踩過，泥上留下一個印（責）——走過的證據。

A foot (足) presses down and a mark (責) stays in the mud — proof that someone passed.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)足蹟、痕跡— a footprint, the mark of a step常用

→遺蹟、古蹟— a vestige, ruin, historic trace常用

⇒事蹟、奇蹟— a deed; a marvel, miracle常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension