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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Cantonese

Hanzi

達 (simplified 达, Jyutping daat6, taat3, Yale daat6, taat3)

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Japanese

Kanji

達

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: たつ (tatsu), だち (dachi), 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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Mandarin

Hanzi

達 (simplified 达, Pinyin dá (da2), tà (ta4), tì (ti4), Wade-Giles ta², t'a⁴, t'i⁴)

Compounds

• 速克達 (sùkèdá, “motor scooter”)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

達 (*dhɑt)

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Vietnamese

Han character

達 (đạt, đác, đặt, đật, đợt, thớt)