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See also: 來, 夹, and 釆
来 U+6765, 来
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6765
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Translingual

Traditional 來
Simplified 来
Japanese 来
Korean 來
Stroke order
7 strokes
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

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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 is the simplified and variant form of 來).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

来

Kyūjitai

來

Kanji

来

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

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
来
らい
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
來 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 來 (MC loj).

Compare modern Mandarin 來／来 (lái).

Pronunciation

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Prefix

来(らい) • (rai-) 

  1. next..., coming...
Derived terms
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Suffix

来(らい) • (-rai) 

  1. 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...
      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...
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Affix

来(らい) • (rai) 

  1. coming, arriving
  2. coming, approaching, passing
  3. from (some point in the) past to present
  4. coming in time
Derived terms
Derived terms

Proper noun

来(らい) • (Rai) 

  1. 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

  1. (archaic, obsolete) to come (approach one’s position from a remote location, specifically towards the speaker)
  2. (archaic, obsolete) to go (to a direction or place far from the speaker but near the listener)
  3. (archaic, suffixed to the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of a verb) to gradually begin to
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
来し		 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
Attributive form, as the terminal form (lemma) does not exist for this construction in this conjugation.
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