到 (dào) · to arrive

到 (dào) means “to arrive”. It is made of 至 + 刂 and has 8 strokes, and is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 到 into its parts

What 到 is made of

• 至 zhì — reach
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 厶 sī — private
  • 土 tǔ — earth
    • 十 — ten
    • 一 — horizontal stroke
• 刂 dāo — knife
  • 丨 — vertical stroke
  • 亅 — hook

Origin hint: 至 gives the meaning, 刂 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

到 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 到

• 得到dédàoto get
• 回到huídàoto return to
• 看到kàndàoto see
• 来到láidàoto come to
• 听到tīngdàoto hear
• 找到zhǎodàoto find
• 到处dàochùeverywhere
• 等到děngdàoto wait until
• 感到gǎndàoto feel
• 见到jiàndàoto see
• 接到jiēdàoto receive
• 拿到nádàoto get
• 碰到pèngdàoto run into
• 收到shōudàoto receive
• 受到shòudàoto receive
• 送到sòngdàoto deliver to
• 提到tídàoto mention
• 想到xiǎngdàoto think of
• 做到zuòdàoto achieve
• 报到bàodàoto register
• 达到dádàoto reach
• 到达dàodáto arrive
• 到底dàodǐon earth (in questions)
• 放到fàngdàoto put (somewhere)
• 赶到gǎndàoto rush to
• 直到zhídàountil
• 迟到chídàoto be late
• 没想到méixiǎngdàodidn't expect
• 遇到yùdàoto meet
• 周到zhōudàothoughtful
• 归根到底guīgēndàodǐin the final analysis
• 恰到好处qiàdàohǎochùjust right
• 到来dàoláiarrival
• 起到qǐdàoto have, an effect

Also built with 至

• 侄zhínephew
• 室shìroom
• 屋wūbuilding
• 致zhìto send

Quick facts

Questions about 到