拼音
- dào (fourth tone, falling)
to arrive, to reach, to get to; to go to; up to, until; (as a verb complement) successfully
字形拆解
Ideographic description
⿰至刂The sequence reads left to right and describes how the parts are arranged.
- 至meaning partno entry yet至 zhì "to arrive": an arrow drawn point down, reaching the ground line.
- 刂sound partno entry yetThe knife 刀 dāo, here for the sound alone.
Mnemonic
An arrow landing 至 with a knife 刂 beside it for the sound. Three jobs worth separating. A full verb: 到北京, 火车到了. A preposition of limit: 从九点到十点, from nine to ten. And a resultative complement meaning the action came off — 看到 to catch sight of, 买到 to manage to buy, 找到 to find. 我找了 is I looked; 我找到了 is I found it.
A memory aid written by HSK Guide editors. It is not an etymology and does not describe the historical origin of the character.