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辿

follow (road)
Stroke count: 6

Readings

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Kun readingたど.る、たどり
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. follow (road)
    誰が最初にエベレストの山頂に辿り着いたのですか。Who first reached the summit of Mt. Everest?tatoeba
    森の中の小道を辿っていくのは楽しいことだ。It's fun to follow the path through the woods.tatoeba
  2. pursue
  3. track downRtK
  1. to follow (a road, path, etc.)
  2. to trace
  3. to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.)
  4. to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.)
  5. to retrace (e.g. one's memory)

Radicals and components

Radical辵walk
Components
How it's built
辿
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Compound words

辿るたどる
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to retrace (e.g. one's memory)
元を辿るもとをたどる
to trace back to (the origins of something)
辿々しいたどたどしい
faltering
辿りつくたどりつく
to (finally) arrive at
辿り着くたどりつく
to (finally) arrive at
辿辿しいたどたどしい
faltering
一途を辿るいっとをたどる
to continue
記憶を辿るきおくをたどる
to reach back into one's memory
夢路を辿るゆめじをたどる
to have a dream

Additional Examples

険しいその道を行く以外に、国境へ辿り着く方法はない。
The steep path is the sole access to the border.tatoeba
その少年は海岸に辿り着こうと無駄な努力をした。
The boy made vain efforts to reach the shore.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

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