zhì

Traditional: 至

#1894 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to, until, to arrive, utmost

Word origin

Originally a pictograph showing an arrow reaching the ground, meaning to arrive, from which the sense of up to or until developed.

Origin
pictograph
Root
至 (an arrow reaching the ground, to arrive)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 至

Examples

yíngjiǔ

The opening hours are from nine to five.

Our relationship is good to this day.

We have to wait at least one hour.

This matter is of the utmost importance.

shēn

The match will continue until late at night.

至 (zhì) means to arrive and, as a preposition, up to or until, marking the end point of a range as in 从...至... It also appears in set phrases such as 至少 (at least) and 至于 (as for).

Appears in 2 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 至.

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This word is part of lesson 38.