泝

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 遡溯

Pronunciation

Pinyin: sù
Cantonese: sou3
JapaneseKun: SAKANOBORU
JapaneseOn: SO
Korean: SO

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: go upstream; trace source; formerly

CE-Dict: variant of 溯[su4]

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》泝逆流而上曰㴑洄。㴑，向也。水欲下違之而上也。从水㡿聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】泝
【廣韻】桑故切【正韻】蘇故切，𠀤音訴。與㴑溯同。【爾雅·釋水】逆流而上曰泝洄，順流而下曰泝游。【左傳·文十年】楚子西沿漢泝江。【註】沿，順流。泝，逆流。　又向也。【張衡·東京賦】泝洛背河。　又與遡通。《詩·秦風》遡洄從之。
考證：〔泝斗，舟中抒水斗也，見【爾雅】。〕　謹按泝乃𣶉之譌。爾雅乃廣雅之譌。廣雅釋器𣶉斗謂之相是也。當作𣶉不當作泝。謹改爲又與遡通。詩秦風遡洄從之。

Buddhism words and phrases go upstream, go against the flow