溯 sù to paddle upstream
to paddle upstream; to go against the current; to trace the source
How to remember 溯: 氵 water + 朔 beginning = to paddle upstream. Through the cold water toward the river's beginning, two brothers need all their strength to paddle upstream.
Component breakdown
溯 = 氵 water + 朔 beginning
- 氵 water
- 朔 beginning
Through the cold water toward the river's beginning, two brothers need all their strength to paddle upstream.
How it is used
- To go upstream, hence to trace back to a source - 追溯 (zhuīsù): 追溯到古代 (zhuīsù dào gǔdài) to trace back to ancient times.
- 溯源 (sùyuán) to trace to the origin; 回溯 (huísù) to look back / trace retrospectively. Formal.