溯

sù

to go upstream · to trace the source

Radical: 氵 Strokes: 13

Structure: Left-middle-rightFrequency: Less common

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深

Same radical

海清法流游治河沙江油波深没活洋

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Character Decomposition

溯=氵+朔

Etymology

To seek the source 朔 of a river 氵

Meanings

to go upstream

to trace the source

sù

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Words with 溯 27 total

to trace back to推溯tuī sù lit. to go upstream · to trace sth back to · to date from追溯zhuī sù to recall · to look back upon回溯huí sù to investigate the origin of sth · to trace a river upstream back to its source溯源sù yuán river tracing · mountain stream climbing (recreational activity)溯溪sù xī to go back to the source推本溯源tuī běn sù yuán to trace sth back to its origin追本溯源zhuī běn sù yuán to pursue sth back to its origins · to trace back to the source · to get to the bottom of sth追根溯源zhuī gēn sù yuán to go back to the source逆流溯源nì liú sù yuán

Idioms with 溯 13 total Chain

to go back to the source推本溯源tuī běn sù yuán to trace sth back to its origin追本溯源zhuī běn sù yuán

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