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遡 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「辶」

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2High school graduate / general ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「辶」
On
ソ・サクそ・さく · so · saku
Kun
さかのぼ.るsakanobo.ru
Meaning
go upstream; trace back

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

To go plus returning to the start: to travel back up against the current.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソそso遡及そきゅう遡上そじょう
Kunさかのぼるsakanoboru遡るさかのぼる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 遡上そじょう

    going upstream

  • 遡及そきゅう

    retroactivity

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

秋(あき)になると鮭(さけ)が川(かわ)を遡(さかのぼ)る。

In autumn the salmon swim up the river.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 辶Map of reading ソAll maps

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