Memory phrase for the Kanji: 遡


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Meaning go upstream, reverse movement

Pronunciation

SO
sakanoboru

Explanation

Left: reverse, opposite [movement out to the mountain and downwards movements are reversed], right: body part /

Mnemonic


 
If you reverse your body, you go backwards: upstream.

Radicals

movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou
oppositechinese only: (see the difference vs. barracks/camp: )
body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: , which looks equal to: "moon, month " but has the meaning 'body part'.
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 Vocabulary

遡る さかのぼる  to go back, to go upstream, to make retroactive


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