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Kanji Detail for 来 - "come, arrive, future"

  • Meaning

    来 means "come, arrive, future."

    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.

  • 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
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Sentences including

  • 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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