遡

遡 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

This stroke order diagram is drawn with 14 strokes; it can differ from the count above because the sources use slightly different glyph shapes.

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

go upstream, retrace the past

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

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Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺辶朔

遡るさかのぼる「さかのぼる」の漢字表記。to go upstream, to go up (a river), to go back (to the past or origin), to date back (to)
遡及そきゅう過去に遡ること。溯及。（法律）法律や契約の効果を、その法律や契約が成立する以前のある時点までに遡って有効なものとすること。retroactivity, retroaction, being retroactive (to)
遡源さくげん源に遡ること。going to the source, tracing to the origin
遡上そじょう川などの流れを遡ること。going upstream, swimming upstream
遡行そこう水流を遡上して行くこと。時間や推移、派生の流れなどをさかのぼること。going upstream, sailing against the current
遡求そきゅう（法律）手形や小切手の満期支払日途過など、支払適状にあるにもかかわらず、支払義務者が支払わない場合に、裏書人などに対して支払いを請求すること。redemption, recourse
遡及的そきゅうてきretroactive
遡河魚そかぎょanadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon)
遡求権そきゅうけんright of recourse, right for redemption
遡及法そきゅうほうretroactive law, retrospective law
遡及書誌そきゅうしょしretrospective bibliography

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.