Memory phrase for the character: 溯

溯

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Meaning

to go upstream, to trace the source

Pronunciation

sù

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: new moon 朔 (The disobedient 屰 moon 月 is not shining at new moon) [disobedient 屰 = A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked is disobedient.]

Mnemonic

(The moon is between sun and earth and can cause spring tides:) The water at new moon can flow upstream.

Radicals

氵	water	Simplified from this water 水
朔	new moon	first day of lunar month
屰	disobedient	The sprout 屮 of a plant 艹 that grows crookedly is disobedient.

Vocabulary

追溯	zhuī sù	lit. to go upstream; to trace sth back to; to date from
逆流溯源	nì liú sù yuán	to go back to the source
追根溯源	zhuī gēn 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

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