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The character 到 functions as a verb or preposition meaning "to arrive" or "to reach", indicating movement toward a destination. It is a phono-semantic compound: the left component, the semantic radical 至 ("arrive"), conveys the core meaning, while the right component, the "knife" radical 刂, serves as a phonetic element. As a verbal complement following an action verb, 到 indicates the successful completion or result of that action. As a preposition, it introduces the endpoint of a time period or the final extent of a physical space.
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我看到你了。
他到了学校。
我们晚上到。
请你到这里来。
他没收到信。
你什么时候到上海？
等到下雨的时候，我们就不出去了。
尽管遇到了很多困难，他还是坚持到了最后。