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Stroke order

Han character

到 (radical 18 刀+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土中弓 (MGLN), four-corner 1210₀, composition ⿰至刂)

References

• KangXi: page 138, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1950
• Dae Jaweon: page 314, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 334, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5230

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 到
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *taːws) : semantic 至 ‎(“to arrive”) + phonetic 刀 ‎(OC *taːw).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

到

1. to arrive at a destination; to reach a destination; to get to

   火車到了 / 火车到了  ―  huǒchē dào le  ―  The train has arrived.

2. to go to; to leave for

   我到機場接你。 / 我到机场接你。  ―  Wǒ dào jīchǎng jiē nǐ.  ―  I'll go to the airport to pick you up.

3. used as a verbal complement to indicate the (successful) completion of an action

   找到  ―  zhǎodào  ―  to have found something

   • 做到  ―  zuòdào  ―  to have achieved something
   • 聽到 / 听到  ―  tīngdào  ―  to have heard something
   • 你怎麼沒有聽到我的敲門聲？ [MSC, trad.]
     你怎么没有听到我的敲门声？ [MSC, simp.]

     Nǐ zěnme méiyǒu tīng dào wǒ de qiāomén shēng? [Pinyin]

     How did you not hear my knocking on the door?

4. (usually in the negative) to reach
   • 他體重不到五十公斤。 [MSC, trad.]
     他体重不到五十公斤。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā tǐzhòng bùdào wǔshí gōngjīn. [Pinyin]

     He weighs less than fifty kilograms.

5. to the extent that
   • 佢嘈到我瞓唔著。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     佢嘈到我瞓唔着。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     Keoi⁵ cou⁴dou³ ngo⁵ fan³ m⁴ zoek⁶. [Jyutping]

     He is so noisy that I couldn't go to sleep.

6. to
   1. to (a place)
      • 他到中國去了。 / 他到中国去了。  ―  Tā dào zhōngguó qù le.  ―  He has gone to China.
      • 我最近搬到這個地區。 [MSC, trad.]
        我最近搬到这个地区。 [MSC, simp.]

        Wǒ zuìjìn bān dào zhè ge dìqū. [Pinyin]

        I recently moved to this area.

   2. to (a time); until; up to
      • 這家店從9點開到18點。 [MSC, trad.]
        这家店从9点开到18点。 [MSC, simp.]

        Zhè jiā diàn cóng 9 diǎn kāi dào 18 diǎn. [Pinyin]

        This shop is open from 9 to 6 o'clock.

      • 我們要把假期推遲到天氣好些的時候。 [MSC, trad.]
        我们要把假期推迟到天气好些的时候。 [MSC, simp.]

        Wǒmen yào bǎ jiàqī tuīchí dào tiānqì hǎoxiē de shíhòu. [Pinyin]

        We shall delay our holiday until the weather is better.

   3. (from) ... to ...
      • 作業是第一題到第八題。 [MSC, trad.]
        作业是第一题到第八题。 [MSC, simp.]

        Zuòyè shì dì yī tí dào dì bā tí. [Pinyin]

        The homework is problems #1 to #8.

7. thoughtful; considerate

Synonyms

• (verbal complement indicating completion): (Min Nan) 著 (tio̍h)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

到 (Min)

1. to arrive

   伊到厝矣。 [Min Nan]  ―  I kàu chhù--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  He has arrived home.

2. (mahjong, playing cards) to complete a winning hand

References

• 台灣話的語源與理據：到˙各（kauʟ）──到、來到

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. arrival
2. proceed
3. reach
4. attain
5. (archaic) result in

Readings

• Goon: とう (tō)
• Kan’on: とう (tō)
• Kun: いたる (itaru) (colloquial)

Compounds

Synonyms

• 至

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Proper noun

到 ‎(hiragana いたる, romaji Itaru)

1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

到 • ‎(do) (hangeul 도, McCune-Reischauer to)

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Vietnamese

Han character

到 (đáo, đáu, tráo)

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