Kanji

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: go upstream, retrace the past

Kunyomi: さかのぼ.る

Onyomi: サク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

遡河魚 ソカギョ anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)

遡及 ソキュウ tracing back, retroactivity

遡源 サクゲン returning to the origin, going back to the beginning, retracing

Kunyomi Examples

遡る さかのぼる to go upstream, to go back (in time, to origin), to date back to, to trace back to, to make retroactive