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Kanji Detail for 遡 - "to go upstream, to trace back"
遡
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Meaning
遡 means "to go upstream, to trace back." Also associated with to proceed toward.
To go upstream - To move against the current; to trace back.
To proceed toward - To advance; to move forward.
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Tattoo check: 遡
- Verified meaning: to go upstream, to trace back
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Also carries these associations: to proceed toward
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 遡
More kanji with the radical 辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)
- 辺 edge, vicinity, side
- 込 crowded, to put in
- 巡 to patrol, tour
- 辻 crossroads, intersection
- 迅 swift, rapid, prompt
- 辿 to trace, to follow
- 迂 circuitous
- 迄 until
- 迎 to welcome
- 近 near, close relationship, to approach
- 返 to return, to repay
- 迪 path
- 迫 to press, to be imminent
- 迭 alternate
- 述 to state
- 迦 sanskrit transliteration, to come, to meet
- 迷 lost, to hesitate
- 追 to chase, to follow
- 退 to retreat, to retire, to repel
- 送 to send
- 逃 to escape, to let escape
- 逆 reverse, to oppose, inverse
- 透 transparent
- 逐 to pursue, to chase, to expel
- 逓 relay
- 途 road, way, path