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泝 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ソそ · so
Kun
さかのぼるsakanoboru
Meaning
to go upstream

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water 氵 with 朔 as phonetic: to go up against the current.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 泝るさかのぼる

    to go upstream; to trace back

  • 遡及そきゅう

    retroactivity

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

川(かわ)を泝(さかのぼ)って源(みなもと)を訪(たず)ねる。

They go up the river to find its source.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

遡及遡及泝及reach遡go ups…汕nettin…沁to soa…沐to was…沍to fre…沂a rive…咀to che…苴a stra…徂to go沮to blo…怎how
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ソAll maps

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