# 至 until

(decapitated cow) + 土 (earth)
★★☆☆☆
6 strokes
SOLO
There's no really useful jukugo but you'll sometimes see 至 as a PREFIX meaning, 'the most'.

## Onyomi

SHI |

## Mnemonic

| SHE decapitated the cow until its head fell down and hit the earth.

## Kunyomi

( に ) いた＊る | to get to, to arrive. To extend to. Until the very top/bottom/end. (至るところ= everywhere, wall-to-wall) (xxx至るまで= all the way to xxx, even to the extent of xxx) ★★☆☆☆

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
去 | past tense | ム IS UNDER 土 |
至 | until | ム IS ABOVE　土 |
充 | fill up | LEGS |

In the past, moocows lived UNDER the earth,

until they finally migrated ABOVEground.

The tunnels were filled up with the LEGS of the migrating cows.

## Used In

- 到
- 致
- 屋
- 室

## Synonyms

dominate, have supremacy over 至上 覇権 制覇 独占的