来 — come, next, future

くる来 come

Grade 2 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes action

U+6765 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #102 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1884 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

come
next
future

word

く ku Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

来(く) る kuru to come やって来(く) る yattekuru to come along

らい rai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

本(ほん) 来(らい) honrai originally 来(らい) 年(ねん) rainen next year 来(らい) rai coming 来(らい) 週(しゅう) raishuu next week 来(らい) 日(にち) rainichi coming to Japan 来(らい) 月(げつ) raigetsu next month 外(がい) 来(らい) gairai foreign 来(らい) 店(てん) raiten visiting a store

き ki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

出(で) 来(き) る dekiru to be able to 出(で) 来(き) deki result 出(で) 来(き) 上(あ) がる dekiagaru to be completed 行(い) き来(き) ikiki coming and going 出(で) 来(き) 高(だか) dekidaka output 出(で) 来(き) 事(ごと) dekigoto event

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

き木 tree #75

こめ米 rice #119

Pictographic character. Originally depicted a stalk of wheat — a plant that comes from afar. The meaning shifted from grain to coming and arriving.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#75 木 tree