deliver / reach
N3- Onyomi
- カイ
- Kunyomi
- とど(く)
- Stroke count
- 8
- JLPT
- N3
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 届 down and you get 尸 (body / house) — the low roof of a small dwelling, and beside it 由 (reason / from) — a seed case with a single shoot poking out through the top. Picture a boundary wall with a small roofed gateway standing open in the middle of it, put 届 inside it, and let that scene stand for "deliver" — deliver / reach. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 8
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は8画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 8 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
届く
todoku
to be delivered
届ける
todokeru
to deliver
届いて
todoite
be delivered — te-form
届けて
todokete
deliver — te-form
届きます
todokimasu
be delivered — polite present
届けます
todokemasu
deliver — polite present
Example sentences (5)
荷物が今朝届きました。
にもつ が けさ とどきました。
nimotsu ga kesa todokimashita.
The package arrived this morning.
注文した本は、明日届くと思います。
ちゅうもん した ほん は、あした とどく と おもいます。
chuumon shita hon wa, ashita todoku to omoimasu.
I think the book I ordered will arrive tomorrow.
落とし物を交番に届けました。
おとしもの を こうばん に とどけました。
otoshimono o kouban ni todokemashita.
I took the lost item to the police box.
忘れ物を届けてもらったので、お礼を言いました。
わすれもの を とどけて もらった ので、おれい を いいました。
wasuremono o todokete moratta node, orei o iimashita.
Someone brought me the thing I had left behind, so I thanked them.
メールアドレスを登録すれば、お知らせが届くようになります。
めーるあどれす を とうろく すれば、おしらせ が とどく よう に なります。
meeruadoresu o touroku sureba, oshirase ga todoku you ni narimasu.
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