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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

跟 gēn
heel; to accompany, to follow; with
radical 157 ⾜ · 13 strokes
踪 zōng
footprints, traces, tracks
radical 157 ⾜ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 跟踪.

WordPinyinMeaning
跟着 (跟著)gēn zheto follow after; immediately afterwards
跟随 (跟隨)gēn suíto follow
跟进 (跟進)gēn jìnto follow; to follow up
跟上gēn shàngto catch up with; to keep pace with
高跟鞋gāo gēn xiéhigh-heeled shoes
失踪 (失蹤)shī zōngto be missing; to disappear
追踪 (追蹤)zhuī zōngto track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)
踪迹 (蹤跡)zōng jìtracks; 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.

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