溯 sù to paddle upstream
to paddle upstream; to go against the current; to trace the source
怎么记住“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.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
溯 = 氵 water + 朔 beginning
- 氵 water meaning
- 朔 beginning sound
Through the cold water toward the river's beginning, two brothers need all their strength to paddle upstream.
How it came to be
Water gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- 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.