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go upstream

Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingソ、サク

Kun readingさかのぼ.る

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

go upstreamRtK
鎌倉時代末期頃に遡る。The date of the work has been traced back to the end of the Kamakura period.wiki
御璽の歴史は奈良時代に遡る。The history of Gyoji goes back to Nara period.wiki
retrace the past

to go upstream
to go up (a river)
to go back (to the past or origin)
to date back (to)
to trace back (to)

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical辵walk

Components

How it's built

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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)

遡及そきゅう

遡求そきゅう

遡源さくげん

going to the source

遡航そこう

遡行そこう

遡上そじょう

遡河魚そかぎょ

anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)

遡及的そきゅうてき

遡及書誌そきゅうしょし

retrospective bibliography

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 遡

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step