來

See also 来, and 徠

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

simpl.		来
trad.		來

Etymology

It is shaped like corn or wheat (similar to 禾), symbolizing the coming of the crops. Its ancient sound begins with "ml-". The meaning "come" was originally represented by 麥, adding a radical meaning "footprint" or "walk slowly". Their meanings have interchanged. M-remaining is 麥, l-remaining is 來.

Han character

來 (radical 9 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木人人 (DOO), four-corner 4090₈)

1. come, coming
2. return, returning

Descendants

• 来

References

• KangXi: page 101, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 581
• Dae Jaweon: page 214, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 141, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4F86

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Cantonese

Hanzi

來 (simplified 来, Yale loi4)

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Japanese

Kanji

來

Readings

• On: らい (rai)
• Kun: くる (kuru)

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Korean

Hanja

來 (hangeul 래>내, revised rae>nae, McCune-Reischauer rae>nae)

• • Yale: lay>nay

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Mandarin

Hanzi

來 (simplified 来, pinyin lái (lai2), Wade-Giles lai²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

來 (lai, lay, lơi, ray, rơi, rời)

References

• Nom Foundation