until

(decapitated cow) + (earth)
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6 strokes
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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

( ) 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)
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Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
past tense ム IS UNDER 土
until ム IS ABOVE 土
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.

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Synonyms

dominate, have supremacy over
至上    覇権    制覇    独占的