溯 Stroke Order

溯 sù 【verb】 【Primary Meaning】: To go upstream against the current. 1. To walk against the direction of the water flow: ～流而上. 2. To pursue the source or recall: 回～, 追～, 上～, 追本～源. Detailed Meanings: 1. 同本义 (go against the stream). 例: 逆流而上曰溯洄 (Going upstream is called "sù huái"). 溯洄从之，道阻且长 (Following it upstream, the path is obstructed and long). 至于夏水襄陵，沿溯阻绝 (As for the summer waters at Xiangling, the journey upstream is cut off). 实以四日半溯流流行七百里云 (Indeed, it took four and a half days to go 700 miles against the current). 例: 溯涉 (to wade upstream); 溯流 (to go against the water flow); 溯洄 (to go upstream); 溯游 (to go downstream along the river). 2. 追朔 (recall). 例: 推本溯源 (trace back to the source); 上溯 (to think back); 溯回思切 (to urgently recall past feelings). 3. 探求 (try to find). 例: 由此上溯到一千八百四十年 (Tracing back to the year 1840); 溯流穷源 (to investigate the origins); 溯通 (to seek for connection and clarity). 4. 追念思慕 (think of). 例: 学生虽溯洄思切 (Though the students think fondly of the past), 自念风尘俗吏，末由再睹仙颜 (Realizing they won't see the immortal face again).