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溯

sù

Character

What 溯 means

1. to go upstream
2. to trace the source

Other readings

溯 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• sùvariant of {溯|sù}

Example sentences

• 若追根溯源，绝大多数美国人都是移民。
  Ruò zhuīgēnsùyuán, juédàduōshù Měiguórén dōu shì yímín.
  Most Americans are descended from immigrants.
• 山上的老教堂的历史可以追溯到12世纪。
  Shānshàng de lǎo jiàotáng de lìshǐ kěyǐ zhuīsù dào 12 shìjì.
  The old church on the hill dates back to the twelfth century.
• 如果追根溯源的话，绝大多数美国人都是移民。
  Rúguǒ zhuīgēnsùyuán dehuà, juédàduōshù Měiguórén dōu shì yímín.
  Most Americans are descended from immigrants.

Words starting with 溯

• 溯源sù yuánto investigate the origin of sth; to trace a river upstream back to its source
• 溯溪sù xīriver tracing; mountain stream climbing (recreational activity)

Words containing 溯

• 追溯zhuī sùlit. to go upstream; to trace sth back to; to date from
• 回溯huí sùto recall; to look back upon
• 推溯tuī sùto trace back to
• 推本溯源tuī běn sù yuánto go back to the source
• 追本溯源zhuī běn sù yuánto trace sth back to its origin
• 追根溯源zhuī gēn sù yuánto pursue sth back to its origins; to trace back to the source…
• 逆流溯源nì liú sù yuánto go back to the source
• 寻根溯源xún gēn sù yuánsee 追根溯源

Characters that look like 溯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 湖húlake
• 瑚húused in 珊瑚
• 稠chóudense; crowded; thick
• 楔xiēwedge; to hammer in (variant of 揳
• 腑fǔinternal organs

Sounds the same

Read sù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诉to complain; to sue; to tell
• 速fast; rapid; quick
• 塑to model (a figure) in clay; (bound form) plastic (i.e. the synthetic material)
• 素raw silk; white; plain, unadorned
• 宿lodge for the night; old; former
• 肃respectful; solemn; to eliminate
• 粟millet; (metonym) grain
• 夙morning; early; long-held
• 愫guileless; sincere
• 簌used in 簌簌
• 嗉the crop of a bird
• 僳used in 傈僳