zhì

reach

Pictograph of an arrow hitting its target.

Evolution

至 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
至 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
至 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
至 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
至 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhì

reach, arrive; extremely, very; to arrive; most; to; until

Most common words with 至
Freq.
Word
Meaning

甚至

even

most

至少

at least

至于

as for

至今

so far

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

Sound component in 13 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ti[t]-s

tsyijH

zhì

arrive


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 86.1925% of movies

380th most common character in movies

267th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+81F3

Shuowen

“至,鳥飛从高下至地也。从一,一猶地也。象形。不,上去。而至,下來也。,古文至。”


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