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到 dào — “to arrive”

How to write and say the Chinese character 到 (dào), which means to arrive — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Come & go.

Pinyin · 拼音 dào
Meaning · 意思 to arrive
Strokes · 笔画 8
Radical · 部首 刂 (knife)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

到 is written with 8 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

至 (arrive) hints at the meaning, and 刂 lends its sound — together they make 到.

A common word常用词

到dào家jiā

arrive home

Example sentence例句

火huǒ车chē到dào站zhàn了le。

The train has arrived.

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