到 – arrival, proceed, reach

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1032 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 到 means arrival, proceed, reach, attain, result in. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トウ (tou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いた.る (itaru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 刀 (no. 18).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トウ	tou
Kun’yomi	いた.る	itaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 刀 (Kangxi radical 18). Components: 刈・至・土・厶.

Words using 到

到着とうちゃくarrival到底とうてい(cannot) possibly到達とうたつreaching

Example sentences

その列車は予定どおりに到着した。

The train arrived on schedule.

Tatoeba #206173

あなたの話は到底真実だと思えない。

I can't possibly think your story is true.

Tatoeba #232950

彼は目標に到達しようと努力している。

He endeavors to attain his goal.

Tatoeba #99491

Kanji with the same radical

分前制初判利別割切副券劇創則削刊

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