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遡

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • go upstream
  • retrace the past

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ソ
  • サク

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • さかのぼ.る
Strokes
14
Frequency
#2003
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
辵#162 · walk

Components

Common Words

  • 遡るさかのぼるGodan verb
    to go upstream, to go up (a river)
  • 遡上そじょうNoun
    going upstream, swimming upstream
  • 遡及そきゅうNoun
    retroactivity, retroaction, being retroactive (to)
  • 遡求そきゅうNoun
    redemption, recourse
  • 遡源さくげんNoun
    going to the source, tracing to the origin
  • 遡航そこうNoun
    going upstream, sailing against the current
  • 遡行そこうNoun
    going upstream, sailing against the current
  • 不遡及ふそきゅうNoun
    non-retroactivity

Practice in Kanjiru

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