溯(sù)

HSK 7-913 strokes

to go upstream

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Character information

Pinyin
sù
Meaning
to go upstream; to trace the source
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 溯 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰氵朔

To seek the source 朔 of a river 氵

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

氵shuǐ朔shuò

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 溯 step by step

13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 溯

Common words using 溯 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhuī追sù溯
HSK 7-9

lit. to go upstream

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huí回sù溯

to recall; to look back upon

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tuī推sù溯

to trace back to

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sù溯yuán源

to investigate the origin of sth; to trace a river upstream back to its sou…

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tuī推běn本sù溯yuán源

to go back to the source

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zhuī追běn本sù溯yuán源

to trace sth back to its origin

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zhuī追gēn根sù溯yuán源

to pursue sth back to its origins

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