达标
dá biāo · HSK 7
to reach a set standard
🎯 达 reach + 标 mark = hit the mark, meet the standard
标 also appears in 目标 (goal) and 标准 (standard). 达 means to arrive or achieve. Together: you've arrived at the benchmark.
标 — tree 木 + 票 (ticket/phonetic)
Originally written 標, this is a semantic-phonetic compound: 木 (tree) gives the meaning and 票 supplies the sound. It first referred to the tip or top of a tree, then extended to any marker, sign, or label placed at a prominent point. The simplified form 标 keeps the same structure with a reduced phonetic.