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来 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「木」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
ライらい · rai
Kun
く(る)・きた(る)ku(ru) · kita(ru)
Meaning
to come

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Originally an ear of wheat, borrowed to mean 'to come.'

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onライらいrai来年らいねん来歴らいれき往来おうらい
Kunくるkuru来るくる出来心できごころ
Kunきたるkitaru来る○日くる○にち
Kunきたすkitasu来すきたす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 来週らいしゅう

    next week

  • 来年らいねん

    next year

More words with this kanji

  • 家来けらい
  • 未来みらい
  • 往来おうらい
  • 再来年さらいねん
  • 将来しょうらい
  • 来訪らいほう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

友(とも)だちが 来(き)ます。

My friend is coming.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

来年来週来年year週week東east楽music木tree未not ye…札tag礼courte…狸raccoo…莉used…萊goosef…塁base
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading ライAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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