# 遡 — go upstream; trace back

遡 means “go upstream; trace back”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes.  Kun'yomi: さかのぼ(る) (sakanoboru).

- Meaning: go upstream; trace back
- On'yomi: —
- Kun'yomi: さかのぼ(る) (sakanoboru)
- Strokes: 14
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Moving 4

## How to remember 遡

Parts: 屮 sprout · 月 moon; flesh · 辶 road

## Don't confuse it with

[塑](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/model-in-clay/)

## More in the “Moving 4” set

[垂](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/hang-down/) · [旋](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/rotate/) · [奔](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/dash/) · [遷](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/transfer/) · [堕](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/degenerate/) · [逐](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/drive-out/) · [蹴](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/kick/) · [遡](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/go-upstream/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/go-upstream/. Last updated 2026-11-01.