達

音読おんよみ: タツ

訓読くんよみ: たち

画数かくすう: 12

部首ぶしゅ: しんにょう(辶)

Meaning

Reach / Attain / Accomplish / Plural Suffix

  • 友達ともだち — friend
  • 発達はったつ — development
  • 到達とうたつ — arrival; attainment
  • 達成たっせい — accomplishment
  • 熟達じゅくたつ — mastery; skill
  • 上達じょうたつ — improvement; progress
  • 伝達でんたつ — transmission; communication
  • 配達はいたつ — delivery

達 combines the movement radical 辶 with 羍 (phonetic). It extends from the idea of “proceeding to a place” to achieving goals and, in modern Japanese, also serves as a plural suffix for people (私達・友達).

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