来

See also: 來

来 U+6765, 来 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6765 ← 杤 [U+6764] CJK Unified Ideographs 杦 → [U+6766]

Translingual

Traditional	來
Simplified	来
Japanese	来
Korean	來

Stroke order

Stroke order

Glyph origin

Variant of 來.

Han character

来 (radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木廿 (DT), composition ⿻未丷 or ⿻木䒑 or ⿻一米)

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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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 来 – see 來 (“to come; to arrive; to happen; to occur; etc.”). (This character, 来, is the simplified and variant form of 來.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	来
Kyūjitai	來

Kanji

来

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 來)

1. to come

Readings

• Go-on: らい (rai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: らい (rai, Jōyō)
• Kun: くる (kuru, 来る, Jōyō); きたる (kitaru, 来る, Jōyō); きたす (kitasu, 来す, Jōyō); きたる (kitaru, 来たる); きたす (kitasu, 来たす)
• Nanori: き (ki)

Compounds

Compounds

• 外来 (がいらい)語 (ご) (gairaigo)
• 招 (しょう)来 (らい) (shōrai)
• 当来 (とうらい) (tōrai, “afterlife”)
• 到来 (とうらい) (tōrai, “arrival; beginning, start”)
• 淘来 (とうらい) (tōrai, “washing near”)
• 未 (み)来 (らい) (mirai, “future”)
• 来月 (らいげつ) (raigetsu)

• 来迎 (らいごう) (raigō)
• 来日 (らいじつ) (raijitsu)
• 来週 (らいしゅう) (raishū)
• 来 (らい)世 (せ) (raise)
• 来年 (らいねん) (rainen)
• 来賓 (らいひん) (raihin)
• 来歴 (らいれき) (raireki)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
来
らい Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 來 (*ləi). Compare modern Mandarin 來／来 (lái).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɺ̠a̠i]

Prefix

来 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 來, hiragana らい, rōmaji rai-)

1. next, coming (week, year, etc.)

   • 来 (らい)年 (ねん)、来 (らい)週 (しゅう)

     rainen, raishū

     next year, next week

     来 (らい)週 (しゅう)月 (げつ)曜 (よう)日 (び)に会 (あ)いましょう。

     Raishū getsuyōbi ni aimashō.

     Let's meet Monday next. / Let's meet this coming Monday.

Proper noun

来 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 來, hiragana らい, rōmaji Rai)

1. A surname​.

Suffix

来 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 來, hiragana らい, rōmaji -rai)

1. since, in (a span of time)

   • この二 (に)、三 (さん)年 (ねん)来 (らい)、私 (わたし)は青森 (あおもり)市 (し)へ二 (に)、三 (さん)度 (ど)行 (い)ったが、...

     Kono ni, sannen-rai, watashi wa Aomori-shi e ni, sando itta ga,

     I went to Aomori two or three times in the past two or three years, ...

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
来
く Grade: 2
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese. The verb ku is one of the few monosyllabic verb roots in Japanese. This developed into kuru in modern Japanese.

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [kɯᵝ]

Verb

来 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 來, irregular conjugation, hiragana く, rōmaji ku)

1. (obsolete) to approach one's position from a remote location: to come

   Developed into 来る (くる, ​kuru) in modern Japanese.

References

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
• 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

^ 1944, Osamu Dazai, 「津軽」(Tsugaru), republished 2006, Gutenberg 21 (http://www.gutenberg21.co.jp/ - website in Japanese)