接到
jiēdào · HSK 2
receive
📞 接 = receive/connect + 到 = arrive; literally receive-arrive = get/welcome
接 means to connect or receive (think answering 接电话 'pick up the phone'); 到 marks arrival or completion. Together 接到 = something received has arrived — used for receiving calls, letters, news, or welcoming guests.
接 — hand 扌 + concubine 妾 (phonetic)
接 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 carries the meaning of receiving or joining with the hand, while 妾 supplies the sound. From 'taking with the hand' it broadened to 'receive, meet, connect, join together'.
到 — 刂 knife + 至 (phonetic, 'arrive')
到 is a semantic-phonetic compound. 至 ('to arrive') gives both meaning and sound, while 刂 (knife) was added later, likely as a phonetic reinforcer or to distinguish the written form. The core sense 'to arrive, reach' comes directly from 至, and 到 has carried that meaning since early script forms.