到

到 U+5230, 到
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5230
← 刯
[U+522F]
CJK Unified Ideographs 刱 →
[U+5231]

Translingual

Stroke order
8 strokes
Stroke order

Han character

到 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一土中弓 (MGLN), four-corner 12100, composition ⿰至刂)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 138, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1950
  • Dae Jaweon: page 314, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 334, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5230

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 到
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *taːws) : semantic 至 (“to arrive”) + phonetic 刀 (OC *taːw).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
到

Pronunciation


Note: dou3-2 - verbal complement indicating action completion.
Note: au1-2 - verbal complement indicating action completion.
  • Gan
    • (Nanchang)
      • Wiktionary: dau4 / dau3 / dau
      • Sinological IPA (key): /tau³⁵/, /tau²¹³/, /tau/
Note:
  • dau3 - verbal complement indicating action completion;
  • dau - used after verb to indicate continued action or state.

Rime
Character 到
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 都導切
Baxter tawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tɑuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/tɑuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/tɑuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tawH/
Li
Rong
/tɑuH/
Wang
Li
/tɑuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/tɑuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
dào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
dou3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 到
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
dào
Middle
Chinese
‹ tawH ›
Old
Chinese
/*tˁaw[k]-s/
English arrive

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 到
Reading # 1/1
No. 2115
Phonetic
component
刀
Rime
group
宵
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
到
Old
Chinese
/*taːws/

Definitions

到

  1. to arrive at a destination; to reach a destination; to get to
    火車到了/火车到了  ―  huǒchē dào le  ―  The train has arrived.
  2. to go to; to leave for
    我到機場接你。/我到机场接你。  ―  Wǒ dào jīchǎng jiē nǐ.  ―  I'll go to the airport to pick you up.
    他到中國去了。/他到中国去了。  ―  Tā dào Zhōngguó qù le.  ―  He has gone to China.
  3. used as a verbal complement to indicate the (successful) completion of an action
    找到  ―  zhǎo dào  ―  to have found something
    做到  ―  zuò dào  ―  to have achieved something
    聽到/听到  ―  tīng dào  ―  to have heard something
    你怎麼沒有聽到我的敲門聲? [MSC, trad.]
    你怎么没有听到我的敲门声? [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zěnme méiyǒu tīng dào wǒ de qiāomén shēng? [Pinyin]
    How did you not hear my knocking on the door?
    不管什麼事,我都辦得到。 [MSC, trad.]
    不管什么事,我都办得到。 [MSC, simp.]
    Bùguǎn shénme shì, wǒ dōu bàn de dào. [Pinyin]
    Whatever the thing is, I can accomplish it.
    搵唔搵到條鎖匙? [Cantonese, trad.]
    揾唔揾到条锁匙? [Cantonese, simp.]
    wan2 m4 wan2 dou3-2 tiu4 so2 si4? [Jyutping]
    Could you find the key?
    呃我唔到;呃唔到我 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    aak1 ngo5 m4 dou3-2; aak1 m4 dou3-2 ngo5 [Jyutping]
    can't fool me
  4. (Cantonese) used as a verbal complement to indicate the completion of an action, with negative sentiment
    食到條骨/食到条骨 [Cantonese]  ―  sik6 dou3-2 tiu4 gwat1 [Jyutping]  ―  find a bone in one's food
    畀人踩到隻手 [Cantonese, trad.]
    畀人踩到只手 [Cantonese, simp.]
    bei2 jan4 caai2 dou3-2 zek3 sau2 [Jyutping]
    have one's hand stepped on
  5. (dialectal) used after a verb to indicate a continued action or state
  6. (chiefly in the negative) to reach
    他體重不到五十公斤。 [MSC, trad.]
    他体重不到五十公斤。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā tǐzhòng bùdào wǔshí gōngjīn. [Pinyin]
    He weighs less than fifty kilograms.
  7. to the extent that
    佢嘈到我瞓唔著。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    佢嘈到我𰥛唔著。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    keoi5 cou4 dou3 ngo5 fan3 m4 zoek6. [Jyutping]
    He is so noisy that I couldn't go to sleep.
  8. to
    1. to (a place)
      我最近搬到這個地區。 [MSC, trad.]
      我最近搬到这个地区。 [MSC, simp.]
      Wǒ zuìjìn bān dào zhè ge dìqū. [Pinyin]
      I recently moved to this area.
    2. to (a time); until; up to
      這家店從9點開到18點。 [MSC, trad.]
      这家店从9点开到18点。 [MSC, simp.]
      Zhè jiā diàn cóng 9 diǎn kāi dào 18 diǎn. [Pinyin]
      This shop is open from 9 to 6 o'clock.
      我們要把假期推遲到天氣好些的時候。 [MSC, trad.]
      我们要把假期推迟到天气好些的时候。 [MSC, simp.]
      Wǒmen yào bǎ jiàqī tuīchí dào tiānqì hǎoxiē de shíhòu. [Pinyin]
      We shall delay our holiday until the weather is better.
    3. (from) ... to ...
      作業是第一題到第八題。 [MSC, trad.]
      作业是第一题到第八题。 [MSC, simp.]
      Zuòyè shì dì yī tí dào dì bā tí. [Pinyin]
      The homework is problems #1 to #8.
  9. (Siyi Yue, Northern Min) at; in
  10. thoughtful; considerate
Synonyms
  • (verbal complement indicating completion):
  • (at):

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
到
alternative forms
 
遘
告
至
甲
各 rare
格 rare
𢓜 rare
佫 rare
徦 rare
假 rare
臵 rare

Pronunciation


Definitions

到

  1. (Min) to arrive
    伊到厝矣。 [Hokkien]  ―  I kàu chhù--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  He has arrived home.
  2. (Eastern Min) used as a verbal complement to indicate the (successful) completion of an action
  3. (Taiwanese and Singapore Hokkien, mahjong, playing cards) to complete a winning hand
Synonyms

(to complete a winning hand): 和 (hú); (Cantonese) 食糊

References

Japanese

Kanji

到

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. arrival
  2. proceed
  3. reach
  4. attain
  5. (archaic) result in

Readings

Compounds

Synonyms

Proper noun

到(いたる) • (Itaru) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

到 (eumhun 이를 도 (ireul do))

  1. Hanja form? of 도 (“arrival”).

Vietnamese

Han character

到: Hán Nôm readings: đáo, đáu, tráo

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