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)

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

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:

Japanese

Shinjitai

 来

Kyūjitai

 來

Kanji

来

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

  1. to come

Readings

Compounds

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

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)
    • この二 (に)、三 (さん)年 (ねん)来 (らい)、私 (わたし)は青森市 (あおもりし)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, ...
      [1]

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

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

  1. ↑ 1944, Osamu Dazai, 「津軽」(Tsugaru), republished 2006, Gutenberg 21 (http://www.gutenberg21.co.jp/ - website in Japanese)
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