到

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

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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dào (dao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): tàu,tò
• Min Nan (POJ): kah / kàu / tio̍h
• Wu (WT Romanisation): tau (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: tao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou³
    • Yale: dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou³
    • IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tàu,tò
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /ta̯u,to¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah / kàu / tio̍h
    • Tâi-lô: kah / kàu / tio̍h
    • IPA (Taipei): /kaʔ³²/, /kaʊ¹¹/, /tiɔʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaʔ³²/, /kaʊ²¹/, /tiɔʔ¹²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: tau (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /tɔ³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (到, reconstructed)
Character (到), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 端 (5) Final: 豪 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 都導切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/tɑuH/	/tɑuH/	/tɑuH/	/tɑuH/	/tawH/	/tɑuH/	/tɑuH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (到, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
到								dào								‹ tawH ›								/*tˤaw[k]-s/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
到					2115					刀					宵					1					到					/*taːws/

Definitions

到

1. a verbal suffix that indicates the (successful) completion of an action
   • 找到  ―  zhǎodào  ―  to find ( to search + completion )
   • 做到  ―  zuòdào  ―  to achieve, to accomplish ( to do + completion )
   • 聽到 / 听到  ―  tīngdào  ―  to hear ( to listen + completion )

   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 qiāo mén shēng? [Pinyin]

   How did you not hear my knocking on the door?

2. to (a place)

   • 他到中國去了。 [MSC, trad.]

     他到中国去了。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā dào zhōngguó qù le. [Pinyin]

     He has gone to China.

   • 我最近搬到這個地區 / 我最近搬到这个地区  ―  wǒ zuìjìn bān dào zhè ge dìqū  ―  I recently moved to this area.
3. until (a time), 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.

   • 我们要把假期推迟到天气好些的时候。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     Wǒmen yào bǎ jiǎqī tuīchí dào tiānqì hǎoxiē de shíhòu. [Pinyin]

     We shall delay our holiday until the weather is better.

4. to go, to arrive
   • 火車到了 / 火车到了  ―  huǒchē dào le  ―  The train has arrived.
5. to the extent that

References

• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

到

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

• On: とう (tō)
• Kun: いたる (itaru) (colloquial)

Synonyms

• 至

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

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

Proper noun

到 (hiragana いたる, romaji Itaru)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

到 (do) (hangeul 도, McCune-Reischauer to)

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Vietnamese

Han character

到 (đáo, đáu, tráo)

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