# 至

| 至 | U+81F3, &#33267; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81F3 |
| ← 臲 [U+81F2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 致 → [U+81F4] |
| ⾄ | U+2F84, &#12164; KANGXI RADICAL ARRIVE |
| ← ⾃ [U+2F83] | Kangxi Radicals | ⾅ → [U+2F85] |
| ㉃ | U+3243, &#12867; PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH REACH |
| ← ㉂ [U+3242] | Enclosed CJK Letters and Months | ㉄ → [U+3244] |

## Translingual
### Han character

至 (Kangxi radical 133, 至+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一戈土 (MIG), four-corner 1010$_4$, composition ⿱𠫔土)

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/至
* 侄, 咥, 垤, 姪, 峌, 恎, 挃, 洷, 晊, 桎, 胵, 祬, 眰, 秷, 䘭, 絰(绖), 蛭, 誈, 跮, 輊(轾), 銍(铚), 䬹, 駤(𫘠)
* 到, 郅, 鵄(𬸈), 䶍, 㦶, 室, 荎, 耊, 窒, 䇪, 耋, 厔, 屋, 庢, 痓
* 晉, via 臸
* 𤞂, 𨒬, 𣨂, 𤈜, 𤥇, 𥎹, 𥒓, 𬚘, 𡖧, 𫎮, 𬺁, 𩊞, 𪨛, 𩳀, 𩶪, 𪀒, 𪏀, 𪖣, 𪗻
* 𫠮, 𣢶, 𧠫, 𧵼, 𨾽, 𩒐, 𢎆, 𢩈, 𨴗(𨸅), 𭅙, 𡇓

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1001, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30142
* Dae Jaweon: page 1457, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2814, character 1
* Unihan data for U+81F3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 至 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 致 | *tiɡs |
| 輊 | *tiɡs |
| 駤 | *tiɡs |
| 跮 | *tʰiɡs, *tʰiɡ |
| 荎 | *di, *diːɡ |
| 緻 | *diɡs |
| 至 | *tjiɡs |
| 鵄 | *tʰji |
| 胵 | *tʰji |
| 痓 | *tʰjiɡs |
| 咥 | *hriɡs, *tiːɡ, *diːɡ, *tʰiɡ |
| 窒 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ |
| 蛭 | *tiːɡ, *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 垤 | *diːɡ |
| 耋 | *diːɡ |
| 姪 | *diːɡ, *diɡ |
| 絰 | *diːɡ |
| 恎 | *diːɡ |
| 挃 | *tiɡ |
| 庢 | *tiɡ |
| 銍 | *tiɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 秷 | *tiɡ |
| 螲 | *tiɡ |
| 侄 | *diɡ, *tjiɡ |
| 桎 | *tjiɡ |
| 郅 | *tjiɡ |
| 晊 | *tjiɡ |
| 室 | *hliɡ |
Ideogram (指事): an arrow stuck into the ground. Some folk etymologies interpret the whole pictogram as an eagle catching a prey.
Compare 畀 and 矢. See also the bottom component of 睪, the original versions of 弗 and the top component of 𢦏.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhì (zhi$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zi$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): zi$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chṳ
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zi$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): zi$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cé
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zi$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhì
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhìh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^4$
*** Yale: jr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyh
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^3$
*** Yale: ji
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ
*** Hakka Romanization System: zii
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sz̩⁴⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cé
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛi²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chì
*** Tâi-lô: tsì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cix
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡si⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡si¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡si²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zi$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsì
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tsy
*** MiniDict: tsy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: tsyijH
Rime :
| Character | 至 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 脂利切 |
| Baxter | tsyijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ci$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ti[t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjiɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 至 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyij$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ti[t]-s/ |
| English | arrive |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 至 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17342 |
| Phonetic component | 至 |
| Rime group | 至 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 至 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjiɡs/ |

#### Definitions

至
* to reach; to arrive
* extreme; most
* (literary, or in compounds) extreme point; limit
* from … to …
** from … to … (a time)
    三至五月 ― sān zhì wǔyuè ― from March to May
** from … to … (a place)
* (Cantonese) only then

##### Synonyms

* (to arrive):
* 來到 / 来到 (láidào)
* 來臨 / 来临 (láilín)
* 到來 / 到来 (dàolái)
* 到達 / 到达 (dàodá)
* 就 (jiù) (literary, or in compounds)
* 抵達 / 抵达 (dǐdá)
* 達 / 达 (literary, or in compounds)
* 降臨 / 降临 (jiànglín)
* (most):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 最, 至 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 最 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 最, 頂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 最 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 最 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 最 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 最, 頂 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 最 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 最, 第一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 頂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 最 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 頂, 最 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 頂, 最 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 最, 至 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 最, 至 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 最, 至 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 至 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 最 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 最 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 頂 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 最, 第一 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 盡, 最 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 最, 盡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 最 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 盡, 最 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 最 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頭 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 最 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 頂 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頂, 最, 第一 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 第一, 最 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 第一 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 第一, 第, 一, 上 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 第一, 第, 上 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 上 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 第一, 上 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 上 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 上 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 上 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 上 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 上 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 上 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 上 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 上 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 上 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 上 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 第一 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 上 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 第, 上 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 上頂, 上 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 上, 最 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 一 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 上, 上頂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 上 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 上 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 最 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 最 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 最, 最最, 頂 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 頂, 最 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 頂, 頂頂 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頂, 最 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 頂, 最 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 頂, 最 |
* (only then):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 才$_2$, 再, 方, 始, 方才 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 才$_2$ |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 才$_2$ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 先, 至, 先至 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 先, 至, 先至 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 正 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 才$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 才$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 才$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 才$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 才$_3$ |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 正 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 正 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 再, 才$_2$ |
| Wu | Suzhou | 再 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 才至 |

#### Compounds

* 一片至誠 / 一片至诚
* 一秉至公
* 一至於此 / 一至于此
* 不移至理
* 不至於 / 不至于 (bùzhìyú)
* 乃至 (nǎizhì)
* 事親至孝 / 事亲至孝
* 人跡罕至 / 人迹罕至 (rénjìhǎnzhì)
* 仁至義盡 / 仁至义尽 (rénzhìyìjìn)
* 以至 (yǐzhì)
* 充類至盡 / 充类至尽
* 冬至 (dōngzhì)
* 分至 (fēnzhì)
* 切至
* 分至點 / 分至点
* 刎頸至交 / 刎颈至交
* 南至
* 厥功至偉 / 厥功至伟 (juégōngzhìwěi)
* 周至 (zhōuzhì)
* 四至
* 四至兒 / 四至儿
* 四至八道
* 夏至 (xiàzhì)
* 夏至線 / 夏至线 (Xiàzhìxiàn)
* 夏至點 / 夏至点
* 大公至正
* 大至
* 如獲至寶 / 如获至宝 (rúhuòzhìbǎo)
* 家至人說 / 家至人说
* 家至戶曉 / 家至户晓
* 實至名歸 / 实至名归 (shízhìmíngguī)
* 小至
* 尤至
* 後發先至 / 后发先至
* 從古至今 / 从古至今
* 從始至終 / 从始至终
* 從頭至尾 / 从头至尾
* 心靈福至 / 心灵福至
* 悲喜交至
* 情至意盡 / 情至意尽
* 懇至 / 恳至
* 截至 (jiézhì)
* 投至
* 投至得
* 推崇備至 / 推崇备至 (tuīchóngbèizhì)
* 排空而至
* 接踵而至 (jiēzhǒng'érzhì)
* 摩頂至足 / 摩顶至足
* 摩頂至踵 / 摩顶至踵
* 日至
* 暴至
* 朝發夕至 / 朝发夕至 (zhāofāxīzhì)
* 止於至善 / 止于至善 (zhǐyúzhìshàn)
* 比至
* 沒摺至 / 没折至
* 沓至
* 滔滔而至
* 漸至佳境 / 渐至佳境
* 無微不至 / 无微不至 (wúwēibùzhì)
* 無所不至 / 无所不至 (wúsuǒbùzhì)
* 物至則反 / 物至则反
* 甚至 (shènzhì)
* 磨頂至踵 / 磨顶至踵
* 禍不妄至 / 祸不妄至
* 福無雙至 / 福无双至
* 福至心靈 / 福至心灵
* 積金至斗
* 紛至沓來 / 纷至沓来 (fēnzhìtàlái)
* 累土至山
* 繼踵而至 / 继踵而至
* 群賢畢至 / 群贤毕至 (qúnxiánbìzhì)
* 自始至終 / 自始至终 (zìshǐzhìzhōng)
* 至上 (zhìshàng)
* 至交 (zhìjiāo)
* 至交契友
* 至人 (zhìrén)
* 至人無夢 / 至人无梦
* 至仁
* 至今 (zhìjīn)
* 至信
* 至公
* 至公無私 / 至公无私
* 至公至明
* 至再至三
* 至友 (zhìyǒu)
* 至和
* 至善 (zhìshàn)
* 至善至美
* 至多 (zhìduō)
* 至大
* 至好 (zhìhǎo)
* 至如
* 至妙
* 至孝 (zhìxiào)
* 至寶 / 至宝 (zhìbǎo)
* 至尊 (zhìzūn)
* 至尊至貴 / 至尊至贵
* 至少 (zhìshǎo)
* 至德 (zhìdé)
* 至心
* 至忠
* 至急 (zhìjí)
* 至性
* 至情 (zhìqíng)
* 至感
* 至意
* 至愚極陋 / 至愚极陋
* 至意誠心 / 至意诚心
* 至敬無文 / 至敬无文
* 至於 / 至于 (zhìyú)
* 至日 (zhìrì)
* 至明
* 至材
* 至極 / 至极 (zhìjí)
* 至樂 / 至乐
* 至死 (zhìsǐ)
* 至死不屈
* 至死不悟
* 至死不泯
* 至死方休
* 至治
* 至理 (zhìlǐ)
* 至理名言
* 至當 / 至当
* 至節 / 至节
* 至終 / 至终 (zhìzhōng)
* 至聖 / 至圣
* 至聖先師 / 至圣先师
* 至若 (zhìruò)
* 至虛 / 至虚
* 至行
* 至要
* 至親 / 至亲 (zhìqīn)
* 至親兄弟 / 至亲兄弟
* 至親好友 / 至亲好友
* 至親骨肉 / 至亲骨肉
* 至言 (zhìyán)
* 至誠 / 至诚 (zhìchéng)
* 至誠無昧 / 至诚无昧
* 至誠高節 / 至诚高节
* 至賢 / 至贤
* 至道
* 至靈 / 至灵
* 至高無上 / 至高无上 (zhìgāowúshàng)
* 臻至
* 臻臻至至
* 興之所至 / 兴之所至 (xìngzhīsuǒzhì)
* 蜂擁而至 / 蜂拥而至 (fēngyǒng'érzhì)
* 賓至如歸 / 宾至如归 (bīnzhìrúguī)
* 跌至谷底
* 金石至交
* 長至 / 长至
* 關懷備至 / 关怀备至 (guānhuáibèizhì)
* 隨踵而至 / 随踵而至
* 須至 / 须至
* 飆舉電至 / 飙举电至
* 飲至 / 饮至
* 骨肉至親 / 骨肉至亲 (gǔròuzhìqīn)
* 麇至
* 麇至沓來 / 麇至沓来

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dié (die$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄝˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dié
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dié
*** Wade–Giles: tieh$^2$
*** Yale: dyé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dye
*** Palladius: де (de)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɛ³⁵/

#### Definitions

至
* Only used in 單至／单至.

### References

* “至”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* climax
* to reach; to arrive
* to proceed
* to attain
* to result in

#### Readings

* Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
* Kun: いたり (itari, 至り)、いたる (itaru, 至る, Jōyō)

### Prefix

至(し) • (shi-)
* to

### Proper noun

至(いたる) • (Itaru)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Hanja

至 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

至: Hán Nôm readings: chí
* chữ Hán form of chí (“extremely, utmost”).

#### Compounds

* 冬至 (đông chí)
* 夏至 (hạ chí)
* 甚至 (thậm chí)
* 禍無單至 (họa vô đơn chí/hoạ vô đơn chí)
* 至公無私 (chí công vô tư)
* 至情 (chí tình)
* 至理 (chí lí)
* 至線 (chí tuyến)
* 至骨 (chí cốt)