Meaning & readings
accomplished, reach, arrive, attain
On’yomi タツ、ダ
Kun’yomi -たち
Nanori かつ、さと、て、てつ、とおる、みち
Origin
This character most likely combines the idea of movement and progress. The left side comes from an older form meaning "to walk" or "to move forward," while the right portion suggests reaching a destination or goal. Over centuries of stylization, these visual elements merged into the current form, but the core idea remained: moving steadily forward until you accomplish or reach something. The character's meaning of "attain" or "arrive" reflects this sense of successful forward motion.
Components
This character is treated as a single, undivided shape (達).
Common words
Easily confused with
These look alike but are unrelated in meaning — check the stroke that differs.
Reference
- Strokes
- 12
- Kangxi radical
- 162
- Formation type
- Pictographic or simple
- Grade
- Grade 4 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #500 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+09054