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Kanji Detail for 來 - "to come, future"

來

  • Meaning

    來 means "to come, future." Also associated with since.

    1. Come - To approach; to arrive.

    2. Future - What is to come.

    3. Since - From a point in time.

  • Tattoo check: 來

    • Verified meaning: to come, future
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read くる, たかぎ, らい)
    • Also carries these associations: since

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 來

    Given names 來(らい)Listen

    Surnames 來(くる)Listen 來(たかぎ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    come; due; next; cause; become

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    come, coming; return, returning

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To arrive. | A word extending downward. (Mencius) "Since Confucius until now." Meaning from the time of Confucius to today. | A word of anticipation. Meaning hereafter. Like the colloquial 將來 (future). Such as 來日大難, meaning troubles lie ahead. | To comfort those who arrive is called 來. (Mencius) "Comfort them and bring them."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rai(ライ) ライ

    tai(タイ) タイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kita.su(きた-す) きた-す

    kitaru(きた-る) きた-る

    kuru(く-る) く-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    come future since arrive approach enter reach show up time

Sentences including 來

  • Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do you want?"

  • For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

  • When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit."

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