来

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

See also: 來

Translingual

Simplified	来
Traditional	來
Japanese	来
Korean	來

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

Shinjitai	来
Kyūjitai	來

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 (来る, kuru), きたる (来たる, 来る, kitaru), きたす (来たす, 来す, kitasu)
• Nanori: き (ki)

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 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, rōmaji Rai)

1. A surname​.

Suffix

来 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 來, hiragana らい, rōmaji -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, 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 4-385-13905-9