至

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: いたる

画数かくすう: 6 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 至(いたる)

Meaning

To reach, to arrive at, to culminate. Often used in compound words indicating extremity, finality, or completion.


  • 至福しふく — supreme bliss
  • 至急しきゅう — urgent, immediate
  • 夏至げし — summer solstice
  • 冬至とうじ — winter solstice
  • 必至ひっし — inevitable

The kanji 至 shows an arrow (⽮) landing precisely at a point, expressing the idea of “arriving” or “culminating.” It is used in words that reflect arrival, achievement, extremity, or finality. It’s a 5th-grade 教育漢字 and part of many idiomatic expressions in Japanese.

夏至げし一年いちねんもっとひるながです。
The summer solstice is the longest day of the year.

至福しふくときごした。
I spent a moment of supreme bliss.

The kun-yomi いたる is used in standalone or descriptive phrases. The on-yomi シ is widely used in compounds, especially in abstract or advanced vocabulary related to reaching a state or degree (e.g., extreme happiness or urgency).

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