致

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: いた

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 至(いたるへん)

Meaning

Cause / Lead To / Do (Humble)

  • いたします — (humble) to do
  • 一致いっち — agreement / match
  • 致命的ちめいてき — fatal / critical
  • 致死ちし — lethal
  • 致死量ちしりょう — lethal dose
  • 誘致ゆうち — invitation / attraction (e.g. investment)
  • 送致そうち — sending (a person, e.g. to court)

致 consists of the radical 至 (reach) and elements that suggest direction or sending. Its core sense is “to cause” or “to send toward” an outcome.

In keigo, 致す is the humble version of する, widely used in business and polite communication. In medical or legal contexts, it often indicates fatal results, as in 致死 or 致命的.

案内あんないいたします。
I will guide you. (formal/humble)

その事故じこ致命的ちめいてきでした。
The accident was fatal.

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Creates
一致いっち — agreement / match
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