来

See also: 來

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Simplified from 來 (从 → 䒑) – 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 or ⿻木䒑)

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. (This character, 来, is the simplified 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

Kanji

来

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

1. to come

Readings

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

Compounds

Compounds

外来語 (がいらいご) ‎(gairaigo) 招来 (しょうらい) ‎(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 未来 (みらい) ‎(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) 来世 (らいせ) ‎(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 traditional 來 and simplified 来 ‎(lái).

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɺ̠a̠i]

Prefix

来 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 來, hiragana らい, romaji 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)週月曜日 (しゅうげつようび)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, romaji Rai)

1. A surname​.

Suffix

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

1. since, in (a span of time)

   • 三年 (さんねん)来 (らい)あれを見 (み)ていない。

     San nen-rai are o miteinai.

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

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, romaji 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 4-385-13905-9