Mnemonic comic for 到

Translation

dào = d + ao4: to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough

Mnemonic

Don Quixote (d) just finishes his latest quest as he arrives (到) in the aorta’s bathroom (ao4). He has been in search for a new weapon, and a GPS unit has guided him. He arrives at a conveyor belt (至) where a kitchen knife (刂) arrived. As he reaches for the kitchen knife, the GPS unit exclaims “you’ve arrived” (到).