go upstream

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsuHs-ŋˤak-sgo against current
Zhengzhangsŋaːɡs
Unicode

說文解字

逆流而上曰㴑洄。㴑,向也。水欲下違之而上也。从水㡿聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica