Japanese symbol for “retroactive”
遡及的
そきゅうてき
Romaji: sokyuuteki
retroactive
In Japanese, retroactive is 遡及的, read そきゅうてき (sokyuuteki).
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Meanings
- adj-na retroactive
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遡る | さかのぼる sakanoboru | to go upstream; to go up (a river) |
| 遡及 | そきゅう sokyuu | retroactivity; retroaction; being retroactive (to) |
| 遡行 | そこう sokou | going upstream; sailing against the current |
| 遡源 | さくげん sakugen | going to the source; tracing to the origin |
| 遡上 | そじょう sojou | going upstream; swimming upstream |
| 普及 | ふきゅう fukyuu | diffusion; spread; popularization |
| 追及 | ついきゅう tsuikyuu | investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing |
| 及ぶ | およぶ oyobu | to reach; to amount to; to befall |
| 目的 | もくてき mokuteki | purpose; goal; aim |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.