Chinese symbol for “vestige”
痕迹
hén jì
Traditional: 痕跡
vestige; mark; trace
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vestige is 痕迹 (hén jì), defined as: vestige; mark; trace.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vestige”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迹 (蹟) | jì | (bound form) vestige; historical remains (variant of 迹 (jì)) |
| 迹 (跡) | jì | (bound form) trace; mark; vestige; clue; Taiwan pr. [ji1] |
| 遗迹 (遺跡) | yí jì | trace; vestige |
| 残余 (殘餘) | cán yú | remnant; relic |
| 踪迹 (蹤跡) | zōng jì | tracks; trail |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 痕迹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伤痕 (傷痕) | shāng hén | scar; bruise |
| 裂痕 | liè hén | crack; gap |
| 疤痕 | bā hén | scar |
| 伤痕累累 (傷痕累累) | shāng hén lěi lěi | cuts and bruises all over the body |
| 划痕 (劃痕) | huá hén | a scratch |
| 奇迹 (奇跡) | qí jì | variant of 奇迹 (qí jì) |
| 迹象 (跡象) | jì xiàng | sign; indication; mark; indicator |
| 遗迹 (遺跡) | yí jì | trace; vestige |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vestige”.
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.