遡

14 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

go upstream, retrace the past

Kun'yomi
  • さかのぼる
    		to go upstream ②to go back (in time, to origin)
On'yomi
  • ソ
  • サク

Main Radical

辵(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

さかのぼる 91.9%
ソ 8.1%

Character Breakdown

go upstream, retrace the past
さかのぼ.る　ソ　サク (11th)
conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north
ついたち　サク　たち (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
disobedient
ゲキ　ギャク　ハク
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
left hand, old grass radical (no. 45)
テツ　サ　ひだりて (Kentei 1)
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)
チャク

Common Words

そ
遡
きゅう
及
tracing back
そ
遡
こう
行
going upstream
そ
遡
きゅう
及
てき
的
retroactive
そ
遡
じょう
上
going upstream
そ
遡
きゅう
求
redemption
そ
遡
か
河
ぎょ
魚
anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)
そ
遡
きゅう
及
しょ
書
し
誌
retrospective bibliography
そ
遡
きゅう
求
けん
権
right of recourse
ふ
不
そ
遡
きゅう
及
non-retroactivity
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References

Unicode hex code 9061
JIS X 0208 1-33-44
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4727
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6094
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3257
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 4040
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2785
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2847
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2111
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 39048X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1989
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3a10.2
Four corner code 3730.2