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痕迹 hénjì “trace” in Chinese

Traditional 痕跡

What 痕迹 means

  1. trace
  2. mark
  3. vestige

How to say 痕迹

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale痕hén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale迹jì4th tone, falling

痕迹 in a sentence

  1. 他没有留下痕迹就消失了。

    Tā méiyǒu liúxià hénjì jiù xiāoshī le.

    He disappeared without a trace.

    Sentence #503190 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 桌子上有个痕迹。

    Zhuōzi shàng yǒu ge hénjì.

    There’s a mark on the table.

    Sentence #2128376 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 痕迹 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 痕 (hén) with each of its parts in a different colour
痕hénscar
  • 疒sickness · nèMeaning part
  • 艮stopping · gěnSound part

疒 hints at the meaning (sickness); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with hén.

The character 迹 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
迹jìtrace; mark; vestige; clue
  • 亦also · yìSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 亦 (yì) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 痕迹

痕 11 strokes · 迹 9 strokes

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痕迹 (hénjì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 痕迹 (hénjì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 痕迹

Words with 迹

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FAQs

痕迹 (hénjì) means “trace” or “mark”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hénjì: hén with a 2nd tone, then jì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 痕迹 is written 痕跡. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type henji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 痕迹 from the suggestions. Typing henji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
痕迹 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.