Memory phrase for the Kanji: 溯




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Meaning

to go upstream, to trace the source

Pronunciation

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

waterSimplified from this water 水
new moonfirst day of lunar month
disobedient
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 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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