Kanji Detail for 徠 - "come, encourage"

徠

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning

徠 means "come, encourage." Also associated with labor.
1. Come - To arrive; to approach.
2. Encourage - To console; to comfort.
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- Verified meaning: come, encourage
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read らい)
- Also carries these associations: labor
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Name readings of 徠

Given names 徠(らい)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

induce; encourage to come

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

induce, encourage to come

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

used in 招徠|招徕[zhao1 lai2]

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to entice, to solicit; to encourage customers to come

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

Ancient form of 來. | To toil. Originally written as 勑. Now commonly used as the 招徠 (attract) character.
Onyomi

rai(ライ)
Kunyomi

kita.su(きた-す)

kitaru(きた-る)

kuru(く-る)
Strokes

11 strokes
Radical

彳 (gyonimben)
Related Keywords

come encourage labor approach arrive invite attract draw near