go upstream

To seek the source  of a river 

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

朔 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuò

  

first day of lunar month

Definitions

 

go upstream, go against current; formerly; to go upstream; to trace the source

() 

variant of [sù]

Most common words with 溯
Freq.
Word
Meaning

追溯

lit. to go upstream

回溯

to recall

to go upstream

溯源

to investigate the origin of sth

追根溯源

to pursue sth back to its origins