到

到	U+5230, 到 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5230

← 刯
[U+522F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

刱 →
[U+5231]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

KangXi: page 138, character 36

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1950

Dae Jaweon: page 314, character 13

Hanyu Da Zidian: 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

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
鱽
舠	*taːw
朷	taːw, moːɡ
叨	tuːw, l̥ʰaːw
倒	taːwʔ, taːws
到	*taːws
菿	taːws, rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	rteːw, teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	sdew, tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	tʰew, tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	dews, djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	tʰjew, tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	djew, djewʔ
軺	djew, lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	teːw, deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

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

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		到

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): dào (dao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ

(Chengdu, SP): dao⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): dou³, dou^3-2

(Taishan, Wiktionary): au¹, au^1-2
Gan (Wiktionary): dau⁴ / dau³ / dau
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): to

(Meixian, Guangdong): dau⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): dau³
Min Dong (BUC): dó̤
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): tò / tò͘ / tàu

(Teochew, Peng'im): dao³
Wu (Wiktionary): tau (T2)
Xiang (Wiktionary): dau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ
  - Wade–Giles: tao⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: dao⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: dao
  - IPA ^(key): /tau²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou³, dou^3-2
  - Yale: dou, dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou³, dou^3-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou³, dou²
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³/, /tou̯³³⁻³⁵/

Note: dou^3-2 - verbal complement indicating action completion.

- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: au¹, au^1-2
  - IPA ^(key): /au³³/, /au³³⁻⁵⁵/

Note: au^1-2 - verbal complement indicating action completion.

Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: dau⁴ / dau³ / dau
  - IPA ^(key): /tau³⁵/, /tau²¹³/, /tau/

Note:

dau³ - verbal complement indicating action completion;
dau - used after verb to indicate continued action or state.

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: to
  - Hakka Romanization System: do
  - Hagfa Pinyim: do⁴
  - IPA: /to⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: dau⁴
  - IPA: /tau⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: dau³
  - IPA (old-style): /tau⁴⁵/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: dó̤
  - IPA ^(key): /tɔ²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tò
  - Tâi-lô: tò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /to¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tò͘
  - Tâi-lô: tòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dox
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tàu
  - Tâi-lô: tàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daux
  - IPA (Taipei): /taʊ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /taʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taʊ⁴¹/

Note:

Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
- tò/tò͘ - literary (tò͘ is rare in Xiamen);
- tàu - vernacular (limited, e.g. 到底).

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dao³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tàu
  - IPA ^(key): /tau²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tau (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /tɔ³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: dau⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tɒu⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: /tɑu^H/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/taw^H/
Li Rong	/tɑu^H/
Wang Li	/tɑu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/tɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dào

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤaw[k]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*taːws/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	到
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	dào
Middle Chinese	‹ taw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*tˤaw[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

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.
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.
used as a verbal complement to indicate the (successful) completion of an action
找到 ― zhǎodào ― to have found something
- 做到 ― zuòdào ― to have achieved something
- 聽到 / 听到 ― tīngdào ― 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?
(dialectal) used after a verb to indicate a continued action or state
(usually 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.
to the extent that
- 佢嘈到我瞓唔著。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  佢嘈到我瞓唔着。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  Keoi⁵ cou⁴ dou³ ngo⁵ fan³ m⁴ zoek⁶. [Jyutping]
  He is so noisy that I couldn't go to sleep.
to
1. to (a place)
  - 他到中國去了。 / 他到中国去了。 ― Tā dào zhōngguó qù le. ― He has gone to China.
  - 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.
thoughtful; considerate

Synonyms

(verbal complement indicating completion): (Min Nan) 著 (tio̍h)

Compounds

Derived terms from 到

一到處／一到处
一天到晚 (yītiāndàowǎn)
一年到頭／一年到头
三到
不到 (bùdào)
不到家
不到得
不到的
不到頭／不到头
不周到
乍到
事到如今 (shìdàorújīn)
事到臨頭／事到临头
便做到
做到 (zuòdào)
先來後到／先来后到
到不的
到任 (dàorèn)
到場／到场 (dàochǎng)
到大來／到大来
到家 (dàojiā)
到岸價格／到岸价格
到差
到底 (dàodǐ)
到得 (dàodé)
到手 (dàoshǒu)
到敢
到時／到时 (dàoshí)
到期 (dàoqī)
到案
到此一遊／到此一游 (dàocǐyīyóu)
到省
到眼
到職／到职
到臨／到临
到處／到处 (dàochù)
到處奔走／到处奔走
到處為家／到处为家
到達／到达 (dàodá)

到達簽證／到达签证
到頭／到头 (dàotóu)
到頭來／到头来 (dàotóulái)
到齊／到齐 (dàoqí)
吃到飽／吃到饱
周到 (zhōudào)
周旋到底
堅持到底／坚持到底
報到／报到 (bàodào)
巴到
待到
得到 (dédào)
從頭到尾／从头到尾 (cóngtóudàowěi)
從頭到腳／从头到脚
心到神知
恰到好處／恰到好处 (qiàdàohǎochù)
想不到
意到筆隨／意到笔随
意想不到 (yìxiǎngbùdào)
懇到／恳到
手到回春
手到拿來／手到拿来
手到擒來／手到擒来
手到病除
打到 (dǎdào)
找到 (zhǎodào)
把不到
投到
抬到天上
掄不到／抡不到
損到家／损到家
搔到癢處／搔到痒处
料不到
料到 (liàodào)
新來乍到／新来乍到
旗開馬到／旗开马到
更做到
木雞養到／木鸡养到

水到渠成 (shuǐdàoqúchéng)
沒想到／没想到 (méixiǎngdào)
獨到／独到 (dúdào)
獨到之處／独到之处
獨到之見／独到之见
白頭到老／白头到老
百年到老
直到 (zhídào)
碰到 (pèngdào)
禍到臨頭／祸到临头
禮數周到／礼数周到
窮到骨／穷到骨
等到 (děngdào)
簽到／签到 (qiāndào)
精到
老到
老成見到／老成见到
臨到／临到 (líndào)
藥到回春／药到回春
藥到病除／药到病除
見到／见到 (jiàndào)
說到做到／说到做到
讀書三到／读书三到
走馬到任／走马到任
趕到／赶到 (gǎndào)
踢到鐵板／踢到铁板
辦不到／办不到
辦到／办到
逕到／迳到 (jìngdào)
遇到 (yùdào)
過到／过到
達到／达到 (dádào)
遲到／迟到 (chídào)
門到戶說／门到户说
面面俱到 (miànmiànjùdào)
頭到／头到
馬到成功／马到成功 (mǎdào-chénggōng)
點到為止／点到为止

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		到
alt. forms		遘告至甲各 rare 遘告至甲各 rare 格 rare 𢓜 rare 佫 rare 徦 rare 假 rare 臵 rare

Pronunciation

Min Dong (BUC): gáu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kàu

(Teochew, Peng'im): gao³

Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gáu
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑu²¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu
  - Tâi-lô: kàu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kaʊ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaʊ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaʊ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaʊ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gao³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kàu
  - IPA ^(key): /kau²¹³/

Definitions

到

(Min)

to arrive
伊到厝矣。 [Min Nan] ― I kàu chhù--ah. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― He has arrived home.
(mahjong, playing cards) to complete a winning hand

References

台灣話的語源與理據：到˙各（kauʟ）──到、來到

Japanese

Kanji

到

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

arrival
proceed
reach
attain
(archaic) result in

JIS: 457E
Kuten: 3794
Shift JIS: 939e
EUC-JP: C5FE
Frequency: 1032
Nelson: 3846

New Nelson: 477
Halpern: 1264
Halpern Learners: 848
Heisig: 755
Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 2f6.4

Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Proper noun

到 (hiragana いたる, rōmaji Itaru)

A male given name

Korean

Hanja

到 • (do) (hangeul 도, McCune–Reischauer to)

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