Kanji Detail for 洄 - "circle, trace back"

洄

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
洄 means "circle, trace back."
1. Circle - To swirl; for water to flow in circles.
2. Trace back - To go against the current.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

back-water; eddy; whirlpool; flowing water

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

a back-water; an eddy a whirlpool

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

eddying; whirling (of water); to go against the current

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

backwater; an eddy a whirlpool

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

溯洄 (Su-hui). Going upstream against the current. The Book of Odes says: "I went upstream following her" (溯洄從之). It is a poem longing for a worthy person. Hence, in correspondence, expressions of missing someone are also called 溯洄.
Onyomi

gai(がい)

kai(かい)
Kunyomi

sakanobo.ru(さかのぼる)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

水氵氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)
Related Keywords
circle swirl water flow circles trace against current