遡
sù
go upstream
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Most common words with 遡
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
lit. to go upstream | ||
to recall | ||
to go upstream | ||
to investigate the origin of sth | ||
to pursue sth back to its origins |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*s-ŋˤak-s | suH | sù | go against the current |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.4027% of movies
2939th most common character in movies
2762nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+9061 |
Shuowen | “，逆流而上曰洄。，向也，水欲下，違之而上也。从水，聲。遡，或从朔。” |
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