溯 = 氵 + 朔

溯 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “go upstream”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 朔 (first day of lunar month).

Keyword: go upstream
Pinyin (Mandarin): sù
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: go upstream, go against current, идти вверх по течению, идти против течения, go against current

Decomposition

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氵 water
朔 first day of lunar month

How to find 溯 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “first day of lunar month”. 溯 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 溯 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.