元を辿る (もとをたどる) — to trace back to (the origins of something) | Kakuso

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Meaning

to trace back to (the origins of something)

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Component Analysis

to trace back to (the origins of something)

もとをたどる

元

beginning, former time, origin

もと, ゲン, ガン

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

兀

high & level, lofty, bald...

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

儿

( 八 ) legs radical (no. 10)

がい, ジン, ニン

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

辿

follow (road), pursue

たど.る, たどり, テン

辶

walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)

山

やま, サン, セン

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