失踪 shīzōng▶ desaparecer

Stroke order

失踪 is written in 20 strokes across 2 characters.

• 失 — 5 strokes
• 踪 — 15 strokes

Senses

1. to be missing
2. to disappear
3. unaccounted for

Related words

• 丧失perder
• 失事choque
• 失误Un error
• 跟踪perseguir; seguir
• 踪迹cola; rastro; huella
• 过失culpa, defecto

失踪 is pronounced shīzōng and means “desaparecer”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 失踪 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.