JLPT N2 · 13 strokes
Kanji 跡: "tracks, mark, print"
The kanji 跡 means "tracks, mark, print, impression". It is written with 13 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read セキ in on'yomi and あと in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セキ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
あと
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | tracks, mark, print, impression |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 13 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 953 of 2,501 |
Common words with 跡
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 奇跡miracle; wonder; marvel
- 跡trace; tracks; mark; sign · site; remains; ruins
- 痕跡trace; vestige; mark; sign
- 追跡chase; pursuit; tracking; stalking · following up; tracing
- 足跡footprints · record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
- 形跡traces; evidence
- 遺跡(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
- 奇跡的miraculous
- 軌跡tire track · traces of a person or thing; path one has taken
- 傷跡scar
- 跡形もなくwithout leaving any trace
- 跡取りheir; heiress; inheritor; successor
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