跡

Kanji
跡
Level
N1
Meaning
Trace, track, mark
On'yomi
セキ
Kun'yomi
あと
Strokes
13
Common compounds

足跡 (あしあと) footprint 遺跡 (いせき) ruins, historic remains 形跡 (けいせき) trace, evidence

Memory hook

The trace or track left by a person (彳, walking person radical) after passing through a thorny path (責, blame/responsibility, here used for its visual components: a net/thorns over a shell).

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