来

Variant of 來.

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

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 513, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14489
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 21, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6765

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

1. to come

• 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); きたる (kitaru, 来たる); きたす (kitasu, 来たす)
• Nanori: き (ki)

From Middle Chinese 來 (*ləi). Compare modern Mandarin 來／来 (lái).

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɺ̠a̠i]

来 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 來, hiragana らい, rōmaji rai-)

1. next, coming (week, year, etc.)

   • 来 (らい)年 (ねん)、来 (らい)週 (しゅう)

     rainen, raishū

     next year, next week

     来 (らい)週 (しゅう)月 (げつ)曜 (よう)日 (び)に会 (あ)いましょう。

     Raishū getsuyōbi ni aimashō.

     Let's meet Monday next. / Let's meet this coming Monday.

来 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 來, hiragana らい, rōmaji Rai)

1. A surname​.

来 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 來, hiragana らい, rōmaji -rai)

1. since, in (a span of time)

   • この二 (に)、三年 (さんねん)来 (らい)、私 (わたし)は青森 (あおもり)市 (し)へ二 (に)、三度 (さんど)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, ...

     [1]

From Old Japanese. The verb ku is one of the few monosyllabic verb roots in Japanese. This developed into kuru in modern Japanese.

• Kun'yomi
• IPA^(key): [kɯᵝ]

来 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 來, hiragana く, rōmaji ku)

1. (obsolete) to approach one's position from a remote location: to come

   Developed into 来る (くる, ​kuru) in modern Japanese.

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
• 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN