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遡 (さかのぼ.る) — go upstream | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji
遡

遡

遡さかのぼ.る

go upstream

Kanji Nature & Environment14 strokes

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Kun'yomi

さかのぼ.る

On'yomi

ソサク

go upstreamretrace the past

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Concepts using this kanji

to go upstream

non-retroactivity

retroactive

right of recourse

redemption

going upstream

going upstream

retrospective bibliography

retroactivity

anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)

going to the source

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