遡

trace back; go upstream; retrace the past

14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school.

Readings

• さかのぼる (kun reading): 遡る (さかのぼる) to go upstream
• ソ (on reading): 遡上 (そじょう) going upstream; 遡及 (そきゅう) retroactivity
• サク (on reading): 遡源 (さくげん) going to the source

Components

• 朔
• 辶
• 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
• 屮 radical sprout
• ⻌ radical movement; road
• 月 radical moon; flesh

Words using 遡

• 遡る (さかのぼる) to go upstream
• 遡上 (そじょう) going upstream
• 遡及 (そきゅう) retroactivity
• 遡行 (そこう) going upstream
• 不遡及 (ふそきゅう) non-retroactivity
• 遡及的 (そきゅうてき) retroactive
• 遡源 (さくげん) going to the source

12 words in all.

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