届

音読おんよみ: カイ

訓読くんよみ: とどける・とど

画数かくすう: 8 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 尸(しかばねだれ)

Meaning

Deliver / Reach / Report

  • とどける — to deliver / to send
  • とどく — to reach / to arrive
  • とどもの — a delivery item
  • 欠席届けっせきとどけ — absence notice
  • 婚姻届こんいんとどけ — marriage registration

Formed from 尸 (shelter) and 由 (reason/source). It originally suggested extending something from under cover, later meaning “to deliver” or “to reach.” Today it also appears in official paperwork like 届出 (notification).

荷物にもつとどきました。
The package has arrived.

欠席届けっせきとどけしました。
I submitted an absence notice.

届 入
Creates
転入届てんにゅうとどけ — moving-in notice
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