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[edit] Translingual

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simplified

traditional

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Han character

(radical 75 +3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木廿 (DT), composition)

  1. come, coming
  2. return, returning

[edit] 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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[edit] Hanzi

(traditional , Yale loi4)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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[edit] Compounds

[edit] Prefix

(hiragana らい, romaji rai)

  1. next (week, year, etc.)
    来年, 来週

[edit] Suffix

(hiragana らい, romaji rai)

  1. since, in (a span of time)
    三年あれを見ていない
    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

[edit] Verb

(irregular conjugation, hiragana , romaji ku)

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

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[edit] Hanzi

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

    • John 1.6
      有一个人,是从神那里差的,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.

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Verb

(simplified, Pinyin lái, traditional )

  1. to come; to arrive

[edit] Phrase

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