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溯
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go upstream

HSK 7
Human →Actions →Movement
sù
ソ、サク
さかのぼ.る
소, 삭
To seek the source 朔 of a river 氵
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 朔 first day of lunar month =
溯 go upstream
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
朔 Meaning component
shuò first day of lunar month
Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Chinese
溯 [sù]
to go upstream; to trace the source
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (10)
追溯 [zhuī​sù] #10,335
lit. to go upstream
回溯 [huí​sù] #19,107
to recall
溯源 [sù​yuán] #37,551
to investigate the origin of sth
追根溯源 [zhuī​gēn​sù​yuán] #42,334
to pursue sth back to its origins
追本溯源 [zhuī​běn​sù​yuán] #56,741
to trace sth back to its origin
寻根溯源 [xún​gēn​sù​yuán] #63,644
see 追根溯源[zhuī​gēn​sù​yuán]
寻根溯源 [xún​gēn​sù​yuán] #63,644
see 追根溯源[zhuī​gēn​sù​yuán]
推本溯源 [tuī​běn​sù​yuán] #73,218
to go back to the source
推溯 [tuī​sù]
to trace back to
逆流溯源 [nì​liú​sù​yuán]
to go back to the source
JAPANESE WORDS (6)
⭐ 遡る [さかのぼる] #9,473
to go upstream
遡行 [そこう] #48,642
going upstream
遡上 [そじょう] #74,158
going upstream
遡及 [そきゅう] #103,194
retroactivity
遡源 [さくげん] #157,647
going to the source
遡河魚 [そかぎょ]
anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)