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to arrive, reach 至
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Explanation |
Shows an arrow, falling to the ground and such reached its target.
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Used in these characters:
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到
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| to arrive, to (a place), until (a time), up to
dào
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至
刂
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Left: get to/reach 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 comes to the earth 土: reaching it.), right: knife刂 (phonetically knife 刀 dāo)
Arriving with a pronunciation similar to "knife" means: to arrive.
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室
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| room, apartment
shì
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宀
至
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Top: roof 宀, below: to arrive 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 comes to the earth 土: falling back.)
When I arrive under the roof, I go to my room.
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至
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to arrive/reach, most, to, until
zhì
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至
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Arrow 一 with sth. 厶 attached falling down to earth 土
An arrow falling back to the earth has reached it.
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倒
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to fall, to collapse, to go bankrupt
dǎo, dào
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人
至
刂
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From left: person 亻, get to/reach 到 (至 arrow falling back to earth 土), knife 刂
The person reaches the knife and falls into it.
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屋
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| house, building
wū
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尸
至
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Outside: buttocks: 尸 (in side view), below: reach-a-target 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 comes to the earth 土: reaching it.)
The buttocks reaches his house.
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致
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to send, to deliver, to cause, to convey
zhì
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至
攴
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Left: get to/reach 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 comes to the earth 土: reaching it.), right: strike 攵=攴 (stick 卜 in a hand 又)
For it to reach the target, someone with a stick in the hand, must have sent it.
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握
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to grasp, to hold, to clench (one's fist)
wò
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扌
尸
至
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Left: hand 扌, right: house, building 屋 (buttock seen from the side 尸, and: reach 至 [falling arrow 厶 reaching the ground 土])
When the hand has reached the buttocks, it grasps it.
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侄
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| nephew by the male line, nephew
zhí
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亻
至
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Left: person 亻, right: to arrive, reach 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 comes to the earth 土: reaching it.)
The person, who just has arrived is the nephew.
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喔
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JLPT no HSK |
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| I see!, Oh!
ō
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口
尸
至
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Left: mouth 口, right: building, house 屋 (His 尸 buttocks reaches 至 the house)
The mouth like a building says: I see!
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窒
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JLPT no HSK |
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| obstruct, blocked, stop up
zhì
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穴
至
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Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: get to/reach 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 comes to the earth 土: reaching it.)
The hole was reached and it became: obstructed.
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臻
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to reach, utmost
zhēn
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至
禾
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Left: arrive, reach 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow 厶 comes to the earth 土: reaching it.), right: Qin dynasty 秦 (Where three 三 persons 人 met at a rice plant 禾 arose the first dynasty, namely the Qin dynasty.)
When reaching them the three persons were at the rice plants, that were utmost.
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