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遡: go back

go back; go upstream
13 strokesSecondary · Stage 4 (about 2級)in 4 words here

Readings

On
ソ・サク
Kun
さかのぼる

Kun 遡る (さかのぼる) is also written 溯る. On-yomi ソ appears in 遡上, 遡及 and 遡行.

Key words

遡るさかのぼるto go back; to go upstream
遡上そじょうswimming upstream
遡及そきゅうretroactivity
遡行そこうgoing upstream

Example sentences

The history of this temple goes back more than a thousand years.

In spring, sweetfish come swimming up the river.

The new law is not applied retroactively to the past.

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