arrival, proceed, reach, attain
Also: result in
On'yomi (音読み)
- トウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- いた.る
About this kanji
The kanji "到" primarily means to arrive or to reach something. It is commonly used as a verb in its kun'yomi form, いた.る, meaning to attain or proceed. In the on'yomi form, トウ, it appears in various compounds. For example, 到着 (とうちゃく) means arrival, as in arriving at a destination. 殺到 (さっとう) refers to a rush or flood of people, while 周到 (しゅうとう) means careful and thorough. Another example is 到達 (とうたつ), which means reaching a goal. A note to remember is that this kanji often emphasizes the idea of achieving or attaining something.
Example sentences
目的地に到着した。
I arrived at my destination.
Meanings across languages
- English
- arrival, proceed, reach, attain, result in
- Tiếng Việt
- đến, tiến tới, đạt, thành, dẫn đến
- 日本語
- とう, しんせつ, に到達する, たどりつく, 結果する
- 한국어
- 도착, 진행하다, 도달하다, 이루다, 결과
- 中文
- 到达, 进行, 达到, 获得, 导致
- id
- kedatangan
- th
- การมาถึง
- es
- llegada, alcance
- fr
- arrivée, atteindre
- de
- Ankunft, Erreichen
- pt
- chegada
Common compounds
- 到着とうちゃくarrival
- 殺到さっとうrush, flood, deluge
- 周到しゅうとうcareful, thorough, meticulous
- 到達とうたつreaching, attaining, arrival
- 到底とうてい(cannot) possibly, (not) by any means, (not) at all
- 到頭とうとうfinally, at last, in the end
- 到来とうらいarrival, coming, advent
- 前人未到ぜんじんみとうuntrodden (region, field of study, etc.), unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
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