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到 — to reach; to arrive; to leave for

to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to; until; up to

Pinyin
dào
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 到: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

到 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 到 in the HSK syllabus: 26

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go toHSK 1
  2. 迟到chídàoto arrive lateHSK 3
  3. 到处dàochùeverywhereHSK 3
  4. 得到dédàoto get; to obtain; to receiveHSK 3
  5. 感到gǎndàoto feel; to sense; to perceiveHSK 3
  6. 收到shōudàoto receiveHSK 3
  7. 受到shòudàoto receive; to be ...edHSK 3
  8. 遇到yùdàoto meet; to run into; to come acrossHSK 3
  9. 直到zhídàountilHSK 3
  10. 达到dádàoto reach; to achieve; to attainHSK 4
  11. 到底dàodǐfinally; in the end; when all is said and doneHSK 4
  12. 到来dàoláito arrive; arrival; adventHSK 4
  13. 等到děngdàoto wait until; by the time whenHSK 4
  14. 起到qǐdàoto have effect); to play role)HSK 4
  15. 提到tídàoto mention; to raise; to refer toHSK 4
  16. 报到bàodàoto report for duty; to check in; to registerHSK 5
  17. 到达dàodáto reach; to arriveHSK 5
  18. 到期dàoqīto fall due; to expire; to matureHSK 5
  19. 遭到zāodàoto suffer; to meet withHSK 6
  20. 周到zhōudàothoughtful; considerate; attentive; thoroughHSK 6
  21. 到头来dàotóuláiin the end; finally; as a resultHSK 7–9
  22. 到位dàowèito get to the intended location; to be in placeHSK 7–9
  23. 归根到底guīgēn-dàodǐafter all; in the final analysis; ultimatelyHSK 7–9
  24. 面面俱到miànmiàn-jùdàotake care of everything; handle everythingHSK 7–9
  25. 恰到好处qiàdào-hǎochùit's just perfect; it's just rightHSK 7–9
  26. 意想不到yìxiǎng-búdàounexpected; previously unimaginedHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.