踪

footprint / trace / tracks

踪 = ⻊ + 宗 : In front of the engine ((e)ng1) Zapatista Zebra (zu) is walking over a blackboard (宗) wearing cowboy boots (⻊), leaving footprints (踪) all over it.

踪 character breakdown

踪
- 宗
  - 宀
    - 丶
    - 冖
  - 示
    - 二
      - 一
    - 小
      - 亅
      - 八
        
        丿
        
        ㇏
- 足
  - 口
  - 龰
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - ⺊
      - 一
      - 丨
- ⻊
  - 口
  - 止
    - 一
    - 上
      - 一
      - 丨
      - 二
        
        一
      - ⺊
        
        一
        
        丨
      - 丄
        
        一
        
        丨
    - 丨
    - ⺊
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 丄
      - 一
      - 丨

宗

zo̅ng = zu + (e)ng1

school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs

宗 = 宀 + 示 : Zapatista Zebra graduated from middle school and celebrates in front engine by crashing a blackboard, ripping the school's banner and trashing his graduation cap.

足

jù = ju + Ø4

excessive

足

zú = zu + Ø2

foot / to be sufficient / ample

足 = 龰 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a football. Zapatista Zebra (zu) wants to pimp his football (足) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). He thinks that a few more vitamins wouldn't hurt, so he extracts the vitamins from a mandarin (口) with a syringe (龰) to inject them into his football.

⻊

Character component without intrinsic meaning

⻊ = 口 + 止 : Mnemonic symbol: A big, left cowboy boot with spurs and everything. Zapatista Zebra (zu) wants to enter the space station's kitchen (), but he is hold up at the barrier (止). The spurs at his cowboy boot (⻊) are not safe enough, so he has to stick a mandarin (口) on it to make them safe.