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Kanji Detail for 溯 - "trace back"

溯

  • Meaning

    溯 means "trace back."

    1. Trace back - To go against the current; to investigate origins or the past.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    go upstream; retrace the past

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    go upstream, go against current; formerly

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to go upstream; to trace the source

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to paddle upstream, to go against the current; to trace the source; formerly

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

    To go upstream against the current. Recalling the past is also called 溯. As in 追溯 (to trace back), 回溯 (to look back).

  • Onyomi

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    saku(サク) サク

    so(ソ) ソ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sakanobo.ru(さかのぼ-る) さかのぼ-る

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    trace against current investigate origins past

Sentences including 溯

  • When Chokichi thought listlessly about this winter, and the similar winter before and the one before that, he vividly experienced the fact that as people grow older, they gradually lose their happiness.

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