到

音読おんよみ: トウ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 8 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 至(いたるへん)

Meaning

Arrive / Reach / Attain

  • 到達とうたつ — arrival, reaching
  • 到着とうちゃく — arrival
  • 到来とうらい — coming, arrival (esp. of a season or era)
  • 周到しゅうとう — thorough, meticulous
  • 殺到さっとう — rush, flood (of people or things)

到 combines the radical 至 (to reach) with 刀 (blade), giving the sense of cutting through obstacles to reach a destination.

It is widely used in travel and formal contexts to describe arrival, achievement, or finality.

飛行機ひこうき午後ごご3到着とうちゃくします。
The plane will arrive at 3 p.m.

かれ目標もくひょう到達とうたつした。
He reached his goal.

着
Creates
到着とうちゃく — arrival
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