到 dào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
到底
dàodǐ
really (for emphasis in questions)
Characters in this word
底 dǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- Made of
- 广 broad, vast, wide 氐 the name of an ancient tribe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 你到底来吗？ Nǐ dàodǐ lái ma? Are you really coming?
- 他到底是谁？ Tā dàodǐ shì shéi? Who is he really?
- 到底怎么了？ Dàodǐ zěnme le? What really happened?