足迹

• ピンイン: zú jì
• 漢字の分解: 足 = 口 + 止 (mouth + stop — original meaning: foot/leg); 迹 = 辶 + 亦 (walk + also)

意味

足跡（たどった跡／活動の軌跡）

Literally refers to physical footprints in mud, sand, or snow. Figuratively describes the geographic scope of a person's travels, an organisation's reach, or the historical traces left by a civilisation. Common in literary and journalistic writing.

例文

1. 探险队在雪地上发现了一串清晰的足迹，推断附近可能有野生动物活动。
2. 这位作家的足迹遍及五大洲，其作品深刻反映了不同文化背景下的人生百态。
3. 历史学家通过考古遗址追寻古代丝绸之路上商旅留下的足迹。

使い方ガイド

場面: travel, literature, history, journalism

トーン: literary

正しい言い方

• 这家跨国企业的商业足迹已延伸至全球八十余个国家和地区。(The footprint of this multinational enterprise has extended to more than 80 countries and regions worldwide.)
• 退休后，他决定用余生追寻父辈当年在西部开拓时留下的足迹。(After retiring, he decided to spend his remaining years tracing the footprints his forebears left during their pioneering days in the west.)

避ける言い方

• 用足迹形容脚印的犯罪现场 — in forensic or technical police contexts use 脚印 or 痕迹; 足迹 can sound too literary for a crime-scene report

起源と歴史

足 (foot) + 迹 (trace/mark)

文化的背景

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal