meaning: to reach
reading: タツ(タッ)、タチ(ダチ)
達人(タツジン): an expert, a master
達筆(タッピツ): good handwriting
達者(タッシャ)な: fit, healthy
達する(タッする): to reach
上達(ジョウタツ): progress, improvement
速達(ソクタツ): express delivery
伝達(デンタツ): transmission, communication
私達(わたしタチ): we, us (some people say this usage is not actually correct and that writing it as 私たち is more accurate)
友達(ともダチ): a friend
unofficial reading
達磨(だるま): Bodhidharma, a daruma doll – a round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma
#達 is made of #しんにょう(辶) + 土 + 羊. しんにょう shows some association with legs and/or walking, so a sheep (羊) is walking on the ground (土) to reach somewhere. Make sure you write 羊 as I have seen students write ¥ instead of 羊.
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