達

音読おんよみ: タツ

訓読くんよみ: たち

画数かくすう: 12 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 辶(しんにょう)

Meaning

Reach / Accomplish / Plural Suffix — This kanji indicates reaching a goal or destination, accomplishing something, or functions as a suffix for pluralizing people.


  • たち — plural suffix (e.g., 友達)
  • 友達ともだち — friend
  • 発達はったつ — development
  • 到達とうたつ — arrival / attainment
  • 達成たっせい — accomplishment

達 combines the “movement” radical 辶 with 羍, which originally had a phonetic function. Over time, it came to represent movement toward a goal, achievement, or reaching a destination — both physical and abstract.

私達わたしたち目標もくひょう達成たっせいしました。
We accomplished our goal.

友達ともだち一緒いっしょ旅行りょこうします。
I’ll travel with my friend(s).

かれ目的地もくてきち到達とうたつした。
He reached the destination.

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