到

dào

to reach; to arrive

to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough

arrive (至) + 刂 (sound) = to reach, to arrive

至 depicts an arrow landing on the ground — the moment of arrival. 刂 is phonetic here, contributing the dào sound rather than a cutting meaning.

至+刂→到
刂Variant of 刀Phonetic
至To arriveSemantic

他昨天晚上到家了。

tā zuó tiān wǎn shang dào jiā le。

He arrived home last night.

火车从早上八点开到下午三点。

huǒ chē cóng zǎo shang bā diǎn kāi dào xià wǔ sān diǎn。

The train runs from eight in the morning until three in the afternoon.

Words with 到

到期

dào qī

to fall due (loan etc)

梦到

mèng dào

to dream of

闻到

wén dào

to smell

料到

liào dào

to foresee

一天到晚

yī tiān dào wǎn

all day long; the whole day

得不到

dé bù dào

cannot get

起到

qǐ dào

(in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)

货到付款

huò dào fù kuǎn

cash on delivery (COD)

见到

jiàn dào

to see

临到

lín dào

to befall

遇到

yù dào

to meet; to run into; to come across

面面俱到

miàn miàn jù dào

(idiom) take care of everything; handle everything

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