来

See also: 來 and 夹

来	U+6765, 来 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6765

← 杤
[U+6764]

CJK Unified Ideographs

杦 →
[U+6766]

Translingual

Traditional	來
Simplified	来
Japanese	来
Korean	來

Stroke order

Stroke order

Glyph origin

Variant of 來.

Han character

来 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木廿 (DT), composition ⿻未丷 or ⿻木䒑 or ⿻一米)

Derived characters

俫崃徕涞梾睐𪎌铼𣑎𣘾𣜻赉莱慭

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 513, character 1

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14489

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 21, character 9

Unihan data for U+6765

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 来 – see 來 (“to come; to arrive; to happen; to occur; etc.”). (This character, 来, is the simplified and variant form of 來.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	来
Kyūjitai	來

Kanji

来

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 來)

Readings

Go-on: らい (rai, Jōyō)
Kan-on: らい (rai, Jōyō)
Kun: くる (kuru, 来る, Jōyō); きたる (kitaru, 来る, Jōyō); きたす (kitasu, 来す, Jōyō); きし (kishi, 来し); こし (koshi, 来し)
Nanori: き (ki); こ (ko); な (na); ゆき (yuki)

Compounds

再来(さらい) (sarai-)
出来(しゅったい) (shuttai)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
来
らい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
來 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 來 (MC lʌi).

Compare modern Mandarin 來／来 (lái).

Pronunciation

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(Tokyo) らい [ráꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [ɾa̠i]

Prefix

来(らい) • (rai-)

next..., coming...

Derived terms

来(らい)夏(か) (raika)
来(らい)月(げつ) (raigetsu)
来(らい)日(じつ) (raijitsu)
来(らい)秋(しゅう) (raishū)
来(らい)週(しゅう) (raishū)
来(らい)春(しゅん) (raishun)
来(らい)冬(とう) (raitō)
来(らい)年(ねん) (rainen)
来(らい)春(はる) (raiharu)

Suffix

来(らい) • (-rai)

since..., in...
- 1944, Osamu Dazai, Tsugaru
  この二(に)、三(さん)年(ねん)来(らい)、私(わたし)は青(あお)森(もり)市(し)へ二(に)、三(さん)度(ど)行(い)ったが...
  Kono ni, sannen-rai, watashi wa Aomori-shi e ni, sando itta ga
  I went to Aomori two or three times in the past two or three years...

Affix

来(らい) • (rai)

coming, arriving
coming, approaching, passing
from (some point in the) past to present
coming in time

Derived terms

来(らい)意(い) (raii)
来(らい)客(きゃく) (raikyaku)
来(らい)迎(ごう) (raigō)
来(らい)書(しょ) (raisho)
来(らい)状(じょう) (raijō)
来(らい)信(しん) (raishin)
来(らい)世(せ) (raise)
来(らい)日(にち) (rainichi)
来(らい)賓(ひん) (raihin)
来(らい)訪(ほう) (raihō)
来(らい)由(ゆ) (raiyu)
来(らい)歴(れき) (raireki)
以(い)来(らい) (irai)
遠(えん)来(らい) (enrai)
往(おう)来(らい) (ōrai)
外(がい)来(らい) (gairai)
元(がん)来(らい) (ganrai)
近(きん)来(らい) (kinrai)
古(こ)来(らい) (korai)
再(さい)来(らい) (sairai)
在(ざい)来(らい) (zairai)
爾(じ)来(らい) (jirai)
襲(しゅう)来(らい) (shūrai)
従(じゅう)来(らい) (jūrai)
招(しょう)来(らい) (shōrai)
将(しょう)来(らい) (shōrai)
新(しん)来(らい) (shinrai)
生(せい)来(らい) (seirai)
帰(き)来(らい) (kirai)
去(きょ)来(らい) (kyorai)
光(こう)来(らい), 高(こう)来(らい) (kōrai)
伝(でん)来(らい) (denrai)
渡(と)来(らい) (torai)
当(とう)来(らい) (tōrai)
到(とう)来(らい) (tōrai)
淘(とう)来(らい) (tōrai)
年(ねん)来(らい) (nenrai)
舶(はく)来(らい) (hakurai)
飛(ひ)来(らい) (hirai)
本(ほん)来(らい) (honrai)
未(み)来(らい) (mirai)
夜(や)来(らい) (yarai)
由(ゆ)来(らい) (yurai)
帰(き)去(きょ)来(らい) (kikyorai)

Proper noun

来(らい) • (Rai)

a surname, especially of those descended from swordsmiths arriving from Goryeo around the mid-Kamakura period

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
来
く Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
來 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese 來 (ku).

Verb

来(く) • (ku) intransitive ^†-ko

(archaic, obsolete) to come (approach one’s position from a remote location, specifically towards the speaker)
(archaic, obsolete) to go (to a direction or place far from the speaker but near the listener)
(archaic, suffixed to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of a verb) to gradually begin to [verb]

Conjugation

Classical conjugation of "来" (カ行変格活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	来	こ	ko
Continuative (連用形)	来	き	ki
Terminal (終止形)	来	く	ku
Attributive (連体形)	来る	くる	kuru
Realis (已然形)	来れ	くれ	kure
Imperative (命令形)	来来よ	ここよ	ko koyo
Key constructions
Negative	来ず	こず	kozu
Contrasting conjunction	来れど	くれど	kuredo
Causal conjunction	来れば	くれば	kureba
Conditional conjunction	来ば	こば	koba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	来し^[1] 来し^[1]	こしきし	kosi kisi
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	来けり	きけり	kikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	来つ	きつ	kitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	来ぬ	きぬ	kinu
Perfect-continuative tense	来たり	きたり	kitari
Volitional	来む	こむ	komu
^[1]Attributive form, as the terminal form (lemma) does not exist for this construction in this conjugation.

Derived terms

来(く)る (kuru, modern form)
来(きた)す (kitasu)
来(きた)る (kitaru)
来(き)訪(とぶら)ふ (kitoburau)
帰(かえ)り来(く) (kaeriku)