音読み: チ
訓読み: いたす
画数: 10
部首: 至（いたるへん）
Meaning
Do / Send / Cause
- 致す — to do; to send; humble form of する
- 一致 — agreement; match
- 合致 — to correspond; to coincide
- 誘致 — invitation; attraction (of business or people)
- 致死 — causing death; fatal
- 致命的 — fatal; deadly
The kanji 致 combines 至 “to reach” and the element (action hand). Together, they express “to bring something to its destination or result.” It carries a sense of completion or deliberate effort — which is why it’s used in polite forms like いたします.
Story: When an action (represented by 攵) pushes something “to its end” — the point of 至 — the result is often final. That’s why words like 致死 or 致命的 describe fatal outcomes — actions carried through to the ultimate point.
合致 — agreement; correspondence