と

See also: ど and と゚

と U+3068, と HIRAGANA LETTER TO ← で [U+3067] Hiragana ど → [U+3069]

Japanese

Stroke order

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞]

Etymology 1

Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 止 in the cursive sōsho style.

Syllable

と (romaji to)

1. The hiragana syllable と (to). Its equivalent in katakana is ト (to). It is the twentieth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is た行お段 (ta-gyō o-dan, “row ta, section o”).

Derived terms

• ど (do)

See also

• (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こ𛄲ご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, 𛀆, ゆゅ, 𛀁, よょ, らら゚, りり゚, るる゚, れれ゚, ろろ゚, わゎわ゙, ゐ𛅐ゐ゙, 𛄟, ゑ𛅑ゑ゙, を𛅒を゙, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ

Etymology 2

⟨to₂⟩ → */tə/ → /to/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *tə.

Particle

と • (to) 

2. with

   僕(ぼく)と行(い)きたい？

   Boku to ikitai?

   Do you want to go with me?

   あなたと一(いっ)緒(しょ)に行(い)きます。

   Anata to issho ni ikimasu.

   I will go with you.

3. (when between nouns) and

   と can be attached to both nouns, but this is no longer common. Compare Korean 과 (-gwa), which also used to have this phenomenon.

   彼(かの)女(じょ)は英(えい)語(ご)とフランス語(ご)（と）が話(はな)せる。

   Kanojo wa eigo to furansugo (to) ga hanaseru.

   She can speak English and French.

   それとこれ。

   Sore to kore.

   That and this.

   犬(いぬ)と猫(ねこ)（と）を私(わたし)は飼(か)っている。

   Inu to neko (to) o watashi wa katteiru.

   I keep the dog and the cat.

5. a particle following a phrase or clause describing the detail, content or manner of the action, similar to a complement.

   「お願(ねが)い！」と、彼(かの)女(じょ)は言(い)った。

   “onegai!” to, kanojo wa itta.

   "Please!", she said.

   なんだと！？

   Nan da to!?

   What!?

   これはダメだと思(おも)います。

   Kore wa dame da to omoimasu.

   I think this won't work.

   小(お)川(がわ)が集(あつ)めて大(たい)河(が)となる。

   Ogawa ga atsumete taiga to naru.

   Small streams gather and become big rivers.

   氷(こおり)と化(か)す

   kōri to kasu

   become ice

6. if (when appended to a dictionary-form verb and followed by a present-tense sentence)

   勉(べん)強(きょう)すると分(わ)かる。

   Benkyō suru to wakaru.

   If you study, you'll understand.

   円(えん)高(だか)が進(すす)むと、日(に)本(ほん)経(けい)済(ざい)が混(こん)乱(らん)する。

   Endaka ga susumu to, Nihon keizai ga konran suru.

   If the high yen continues, the Japanese economy will be in dire straits.

   二(に)と三(さん)を掛(か)けると六(ろく)になる。

   Ni to san o kakeru to roku ni naru.

   If you multiply two and three, they make six.

7. when (when appended to a dictionary form verb and followed by a past-tense sentence)

   マンハッタンへ行(い)くと、大(だい)学(がく)の友(とも)達(だち)に会(あ)った。

   Manhattan e iku to, daigaku no tomodachi ni atta.

   When I went to Manhattan, I met a friend from university.

Usage notes

• と (to) in the sense of "and" can only be used to conjoin nouns; not verbs or sentences. They are joined by conjugation.
• と (to) in the sense of "and" implies that the list is complete. In the above sentence, the subject only speaks English and French. To imply other items, the particles とか (toka) or や (ya) are used in lieu of と (to). The particle など (nado, “etc., and so on”) can be appended to a list of nouns conjoined by と to imply that there are other items on the list.
• と (to) in the sense of "if" can be interchangeable with the conditional particles ば (ba) and たら (tara)/なら (nara) if the conditionals describe a hypothetical effect of an action.
• When と (to) is used in the meaning "when" it implies that something happened abruptly. See とき (toki).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• って (-tte)
• と言(い)う (to iu)
• とさ (to sa)
• とする (to suru)
• とて (tote)
• とも (to mo)
• すると (suru to)
• など (nado)

See also

• や (ya)
• とは (to wa)

Etymology 3

Noun

と • (to) 

1. Short for と金 (tokin): a promoted 歩兵 (fuhyō, “pawn”) that moves like a 金将 (kinshō, “gold general”)

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of と – see the following entries.

【戸】2 [noun] door; a plate placed on doorway Alternative spelling 門 【十】1 [numeral] ten, 10 【音】1 [noun] sound; echo; voice 【外】2 [noun] (the) outside [noun] toilet 【所】3 [affix] place 【跡】S [noun] Used in compound terms such as 跡(と)絶(だ)える (todaeru, “to cut off, sever”), 跡(と)見(み) (tomi, “tracking (in hunting)”), etc.

(This term, と, is an alternative spelling of the above terms. For a list of all kanji read as と, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as と.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 人, 利, 砥.)

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of と – see the following entries.

【都】3 [noun] a capital city [noun] a city, metropolis [noun] Short for 東京都 (Tōkyō-to): the capital prefecture of Tokyo [affix] city, metropolis [affix] capital city [affix] elegant, graceful, refined [affix] gather, command [counter] counter for metropolis prefectures 【徒】4 [noun] fellows, same kind people; a set, a party, a gang 【斗】S [noun] an obsolete unit of liquid measure equal to about 18 liters (18,000 cm³)

(This term, と, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms. For a list of all kanji read as と, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as と.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 途, 堵.)