Chinese symbol for “tracking”
跟踪
gēn zōng
Traditional: 跟蹤
to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tracking is 跟踪 (gēn zōng), defined as: to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 跟踪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 跟着 (跟著) | gēn zhe | to follow after; immediately afterwards |
| 跟随 (跟隨) | gēn suí | to follow |
| 跟进 (跟進) | gēn jìn | to follow; to follow up |
| 跟上 | gēn shàng | to catch up with; to keep pace with |
| 高跟鞋 | gāo gēn xié | high-heeled shoes |
| 失踪 (失蹤) | shī zōng | to be missing; to disappear |
| 追踪 (追蹤) | zhuī zōng | to track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media) |
| 踪迹 (蹤跡) | zōng jì | tracks; trail |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tracking”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.