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go upstream
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingソ、サク
Kun readingさかのぼ.る
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. go upstreamRtK
  2. retrace the past
  1. to go upstream
  2. to go up (a river)
  3. to go back (to the past or origin)
  4. to date back (to)
  5. to trace back (to)

Popular Usage

遡る

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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first day of the month · mountain goat · horns · mountain (山) · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2111

Compound words

遡るさかのぼる
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

Stroke Order

13 strokes

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