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Kanji Detail for 来 - "to come, since, to bring"

来

  • Meaning

    来 means "to come, since, to bring."

    1. To come - To arrive; to approach.

    2. To bring - To cause to come.

    3. Since - From a point in time until now.

    4. Future - What is yet to come.

    5. Particle - Adjusting rhythm in sentences.

    6. To comfort - To console; to encourage.

  • Words using 来

    • 将来 しょうらい Listen future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.)
    • 従来 じゅうらい Listen up to now; so far; traditional
    • 来年 らいねん Listen next year
    • 本来 ほんらい Listen originally; primarily; essentially
    • 来日 らいにち Listen coming to Japan; visit to Japan; arrival in Japan
    • 来月 らいげつ Listen next month
    • 未来 みらい Listen (distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave
    • 来春 らいしゅん Listen next spring

  • Four-character idioms with 来

    • 一陽来復 いちようらいふく Listen return of spring; long-awaited, favorable turn of fortune (favourable)
    • 先祖伝来 せんぞでんらい Listen inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
    • 千客万来 せんきゃくばんらい Listen flood of customers; roaring business
    • 古往今来 こおうこんらい Listen in all ages; since antiquity
    • 好機到来 こうきとうらい Listen advent of a golden opportunity
    • 往古来今 おうこらいこん Listen in all ages; since antiquity

  • Tattoo check: 来

    • Verified meaning: to come, since, to bring
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きたる, くる, くるみ, よどさき)

    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 来

    Given names 来(きたる)Listen 来(くる)Listen 来(くるみ)Listen 来(らい)Listen

    Surnames 来(よどさき)Listen 来(れい)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

  • Onyomi

    tip

    rai(ライ) ライ

    tai(タイ) タイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ki(き) き

    kita.su(きた-す) きた-す

    kitaru(きた-る) きた-る

    ko(こ) こ

    kuru(く-る) く-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to come to bring since future particle to comfort arrive approach appear incoming next reach cause

Sentences including 来

  • Will you go to america next year?

  • Would you mind coming with me?

  • I came to liverpool by chance.

  • If you're doing it in fun , i'd rather you didn't come.

  • Jane came to our town three years ago.

  • Be sure to look us up when you're in town.

  • What would you like to be in the future?

  • I don't know when he will be here.

  • Jim will not come today.

  • Come over tonight. i will show you how.

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