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迄

qì
preposition #73,804

Meanings

  1. 1 up to; until
  2. 2 so far; as yet

Examples

HSK 6
迄今为止，事故原因仍不明。
Qìjīn wéizhǐ, shìgù yuányīn réng bùmíng.
Up to now, the cause of the accident is still unknown.
HSK 7-9
这是迄今发现的最大的标本。
Zhè shì qìjīn fāxiàn de zuìdà de biāoběn.
This is the largest specimen discovered so far.

Tips

usage
迄 is bound and formal, used almost only in 迄今 ('up to now') and the fuller 迄今为止 ('so far'). It is common in written and news language.

Components

radical
辶 chuò
to walk; movement
辶 is the walk/movement radical, always written last in stroke order. Reaching 'up to' a point in time is movement toward it, so the motion radical fits the 'until' sense.
phonetic
乞 qǐ
to beg; phonetic
乞 supplies the sound (qǐ shifting to qì). It is written first, before the walk radical wraps around it, and adds no meaning here.

Stroke Order

迄 qì