Kanzen
遡 — Stroke order

JLPT N1 kanji · 14 strokes

遡 — Go upstream, retrace the past

Meaning
Go upstream, retrace the past
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ソサク
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
さかのぼ.る
Radical
辵

Stroke order

14 strokes. The stroke to draw is in red; the previous ones are already in place.

  1. Stroke 1/14
  2. Stroke 2/14
  3. Stroke 3/14
  4. Stroke 4/14
  5. Stroke 5/14
  6. Stroke 6/14
  7. Stroke 7/14
  8. Stroke 8/14
  9. Stroke 9/14
  10. Stroke 10/14
  11. Stroke 11/14
  12. Stroke 12/14
  13. Stroke 13/14
  14. Stroke 14/14

Components

The pieces this kanji is built from. Recognizing them is half of understanding it.

  • 朔New moon
  • 辶Road, path (radical)

In Kanzen

Memory hook and vocabulary

In the app, 遡 comes with its memory hook, the readings to learn first and 11 vocabulary words, each reviewed at the right moment.

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Sources: meanings and readings based on KANJIDIC2 and JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0) · KanjiVG strokes © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0) · reading selection, French translations and memory hooks: Kanzen.