Chinese symbol for “attain”
达
dá
Traditional: 達
to attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for attain is 达 (dá), defined as: to attain; to reach; to amount to; to communicate; eminent.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “attain”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 达到 (達到) | dá dào | to reach; to achieve; to attain |
| 高达 (高達) | gāo dá | to attain; to reach up to |
| 达致 (達致) | dá zhì | to attain; to achieve |
| 够得着 (夠得著) | gòu de zháo | to reach (with one's hand etc); (fig.) to attain (an objective) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 达.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 达到 (達到) | dá dào | to reach; to achieve; to attain |
| 表达 (表達) | biǎo dá | to express; to convey |
| 达成 (達成) | dá chéng | to reach (an agreement); to accomplish |
| 到达 (到達) | dào dá | to reach; to arrive |
| 发达 (發達) | fā dá | well-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand |
| 抵达 (抵達) | dǐ dá | to arrive; to reach (a destination) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “attain”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.