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Kun
さかのぼる
Meaning
to go upstream

Origin

ORIGIN

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

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

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

川を泝って源を訪ねる。

They go up the river to find its source.

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