The kanji 遡: meaning, readings and stroke order

遡

Meaning: go upstream, go back
On reading: ソ so
Kun reading: さかのぼ（る） sakanoboru
Strokes: 14
Radical: 辵 walk
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ngược dòng, truy về trước (tố)
Japanese: かわをさかのぼる。むかしにもどる。
Korean: 거슬러 오르다 (소)
Chinese: 逆流而上、追溯 (溯)

Readings, words and example sentences

ソ so · on reading · less common

遡そ及きゅう
applying to the past, retroactive
きまりは 遡そ及きゅうしません。
The rule does not apply to the past.

さかのぼ（る） sakanoboru · kun reading · less common

遡さかのぼる
to go upstream, to go back
川を 遡さかのぼります。
We go up the river.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.