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到 [dào] to, towards, until (到​北​京​去 ‘go to Beijing’); (v.c.) (​想到 ‘think of’, ​做到 ‘accomplish’); (HDZ:) ​抵​达, ​达到; …; (​姓)

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹dào* ​到 {A} v. ①arrive; reach ②go to ◆cov. up until ◆s.v. thoughtful; considerate ◆cmp. completion of verbal action ‖ Nǐ kàn∼ dì-jǐ yè le? 你看∼第几页了? What page have you gotten to? ◆cons. {C} ∼ ... (wéi)zhǐ reach ... as a stopping point; as far as ... ‖ ∼ xiànzài wéizhǐ, wǒmen zhǐ shōudào èrshí piān lùnwén. ∼现在为止, 我们只收到二十篇论文。 Up to now we have received only twenty papers.


The Shuōwén Seal form of 到 dào ‘arrive at, up to, until (a point/time/place)’ combines ​至(​𦤴) zhì ‘up to, until’, and ​刂(​刀) dāo ‘knife (point/cut)’ (phonosemantic); later wr. ​倒 in some senses.
    Note: SW glosses 到 with ​至 (i.e., 到 is syn. with ​至 its semantic determiner); SW also uses 到 for ​倒 dǎo/dào ‘fall down; upside down, inverted’, cf. ​𠫓(​𡿮​㐬).
    Compare: ​至(​𦤴) zhì ‘attain/arrive’ (raptor swooping down on prey); ​倒 dǎo/dào ‘fall/upside down’ (formerly wr. 到, cf. SW ​𠫓/​㐬).
    Compare: ​召, ​招 zhào/zhāo ‘call/summon/beckon’ (sb. to come/arrive here); ​照(​㷖) zhào ‘shine’, ​羔(​𦍚) gāo ‘lamb’ (all with ​刀 phonetic, directly or indirectly).
    HDZ: 到 : dào : (SW: ​至) ​抵​达, ​达到; ​往 (到​北​京​去); ​周到, ​周​密; ​欺​惑 (​欺​骗​迷​惑); (​补​语) ​效​果 (​想到, ​做到); ​倒 (dǎo/dào): (​颠​倒, ​倒​回; (​副​词) ​反​倒, ​反​而); ​道, ​说; (​副​词) ​却; (​姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:417.21; Wieger:133b; Karlgren:AD975,GSR1132a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.334.3; Mathews:6133; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:138.36; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:076.0.05; EDOC:1
►components: ​至​刂​
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