Chinese Character 溯 Meanings and components.

Form

溯

Meaning

溯 meaning[3] in English

To Go Upstream.

To Trace The Source.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 溯 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and beginning (朔)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with ETUB

How to write 溯

To write溯su4to go … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 朔shuo4beginning arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 朔 = 溯

溯 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 溯 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 溯, looks as follow:

溯
Pinyin:su4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Go Upstream . To Trace The Source
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
朔
Pinyin:shuo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Beginning . First Day Of Lunar Month . North
屰
Pinyin:ni4 Shape:吕
䒑
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
屮
Pinyin:che4
Meaning[3]: Plants Sprouting
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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