Kanji · first appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary
遡

遡 – go upstream, retrace the past

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)N2 vocabulary

The kanji 遡 means go upstream, retrace the past. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソ、サク (so, saku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さかのぼ.る (sakanoboru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 辵 (no. 162).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiソso
On’yomiサクsaku
Kun’yomiさかのぼ.るsakanoboru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 162). Components: 月・込・并・屮.

Words using 遡

Kanji with the same radical

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