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
到来
dàolái
to arrive; to come
Characters in this word
来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 春天到来了。 Chūntiān dàolái le. Spring has arrived.
- 客人到来了。 Kèrén dàolái le. The guests have arrived.
- 假期快到来。 Jiàqī kuài dàolái. The holiday is coming soon.