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來

來 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. くる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。麦の穂を象る。「むぎ」を意味する漢語｛麥｝を表す字。のち仮借して「くる」を意味する漢語｛來｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

come, due, next, cause, become

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ライ
  • タイ
Kun (native)
  • く(る)
  • きた(る)
  • きた(す)
  • き(たす)
  • き(たる)
Other languages
  • 拼音lai2
  • 한글rae
  • Hán-ViệtLai
  • Hán-ViệtLãi

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+4F86

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻十⿱从人

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
4-8-3
Four Corner
4090.8
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a7.6
Nelson
204