来

See also 來

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

simplified	来
traditional	來

Etymology

Simplified from 來 – fruit hanging on a tree 木, the coming of harvest; alternatively, ear of grain, as in 禾. Meaning of “come” influenced by derived character 麥.

Han character

来 (radical 75 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木廿 (DT), composition ⿻未丷)

1. come, coming
2. return, returning

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 513, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14489
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 21, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6765

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Cantonese

Hanzi

来 (traditional 來, Yale loi4)

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Japanese

Kanji

来 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: らい (rai)
• Kun: く-る (ku-ru), きた-る / き-たる (kita-ru / ki-taru)

Compounds

Compounds

来日 来月 来年 外来語

来る日 (くるひ, kuruhi) 来世 来歴 来賓

来迎 来週

Prefix

来 (hiragana らい, romaji rai)

1. next (week, year, etc.)

   来年, 来週

Suffix

来 (hiragana らい, romaji rai)

1. since, in (a span of time)

   三年来あれを見ていない

   さんねんらいあれをみていない

   san nen rai are o mite inai

   I haven't seen that in three years / since three years ago

Verb

来 (irregular conjugation, hiragana く, romaji ku)

1. to approach ones position from a remote location; to come

Derived terms

• 来る (kuru)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

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

1. • John 1.6

     有一个人，是从神那里差来的，名叫约翰。

     Yǒu yīge rén, shì cóng Shén nàli chāi lái de, míngjiào John.

     There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

Compounds

来宾 来不得 来不及 来不来 来潮 来到 来得 来得及 来复 来复枪 来回 来回来去 来回票 来火, 来火儿 来件 …来讲 来今

来劲, 来劲儿 …来看 来客 来历 来料加工 来临 来龙去脉 来路 来路货 来年 来人 来日 来日方长 来神, 来神儿 来生 来使 来世

来示 来势 …来说 来头, 来头儿 来往 来文 来信 来样加工 来意 来由 来源 来朝 来者 来者不拒 来着 来之不易 来自 来踪去迹

Verb

来 (simplified, Pinyin lái, traditional 來)

1. to come; to arrive

Phrase

• 来者不善，善者不来