Chinese Character Wiki
到

dào

go to

Phonosemantic compound. 至 represents the meaning and 刂 represents the sound.

Components
至 meaning component

至  Meaning component

zhì

  

reach

Depicts an arrow arriving at its target.

刂 sound component

刂  Sound component

dāo

  

knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

Evolution

到 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
到 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
到 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
到 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

到  

dào

go to, arrive, been to; to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive; (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

Most common words with 到
Freq.
Word
Meaning

到

up to

得到

to get

找到

to find

达到

to reach

到底

finally

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

倒

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤaw[k]-s

tawH

dào

arrive


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 100.0000% of movies

24th most common character in movies

22nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5230

Shuowen

“到，至也。从至，刀聲。”


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