達

See also: 达

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): 辶 + 羍.

Note that inner component is not 幸 – these are not cognate, and there is an extra stroke in 達 (two horizontal strokes at the bottom, not one).

Han character

達 (radical 162 辵+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜土廿手 (YGTQ), four-corner 3430₄, composition ⿺辶𦍒)

1. arrive at, reach
2. intelligent

References

• KangXi: page 1262, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39011
• Dae Jaweon: page 1755, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3855, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9054

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Chinese

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trad.		達
simp.		达

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dá, tà, tì (da², ta⁴, ti⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˊ, ㄊㄚˋ, ㄊㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daat⁶, taat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: dá
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ta²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dar
    • IPA ^(key): /ta̠³⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: tà
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄚˋ
    • Wade-Giles: t'a⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tah
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰa̠⁵¹/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: tì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: t'ih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: daat⁶, taat³
    • Yale: daaht, taat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daat⁹, taat⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑːt̚²/, /tʰɑːt̚³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (達, reconstructed)
Character (達), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 透 (6) Final: 曷 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 他達切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/tʰɑt̚/	/tʰɑt̚/	/tʰɑt̚/	/tʰɑt̚/	/tʰat̚/	/tʰɑt̚/	/tʰɑt̚/
Character (達), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 定 (7) Final: 曷 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 唐割切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/dɑt̚/	/dʱɑt̚/	/dɑt̚/	/dɑt̚/	/dat̚/	/dɑt̚/	/dɑt̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (達, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
達								dá								‹ dat ›								/*[l]ˤat/								arrive at
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
達					1923					羍					月					1					闥					/*tʰaːd/
達					1929					羍					月					1					達					/*daːd/

Compounds

• 速克達 (sùkèdá, “motor scooter”)

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Japanese

Kanji

達

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: たつ (tatsu), だ (da)
• Kun: ~たち (tachi)
• Nanori: かつ (katsu), さと (sato), さとる (satoru), しげ (shige), すすむ (susumu), ただ (tada), たて (tate), と (to), とお (tō), とおる (tōru), のぶ (nobu), ひろ (hiro), みち (michi), よし (yoshi), てつ (tetsu)

Suffix

達 (hiragana たち, romaji -tachi)

1. Plural marker

   子供達 (こどもたち)

   kodomo-tachi

   children

Synonyms

• 等 (ら, ​ra)
• 供 (ども, ​domo)

Usage notes

Note that 達 only clarifies that the number of people in question is more than one. It could be omitted when the plurality is already clear by context or not cared. The plurality marked with 達 is not syntactic one. 達 is normally used only for people.

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Korean

Hanja

達 (dal) (hangeul 달, revised dal, McCune-Reischauer tal, Yale tal)

1. (통할 달, tonghal-) to reach, pass through

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Vietnamese

Han character

達 (đạt, đác, đặt, đật, đợt, thớt)

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