Kanji 来 — "Come"
Here is what 来 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Come" stick.
Also means: Next
How it is read
らい, たい
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
く.る, きた.る, きた.す, き.たす, き.たる, き, こ
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
If you Come to my house, I'll treat you to One bowl of Rice — will you come?
- ⼀ One
A single stroke counts as the number One, see? Japanese is that simple!
- 米 Rice
A Tree (木) with Horns (丷) on both sides - those horns are rice grains bursting out, making this component mean Rice.
Words that use 来
12 of 26 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 来る くる / きたる to come
- やって来る やってくる to come around, to come along, to approach
- 未来 みらい future (life tense)
- 将来 しょうらい (in the) future, prospects
- 来週 らいしゅう next week
- 以来 いらい since, henceforth
- 来 らい～ next ~
- 来年 らいねん next year
- 本来 ほんらい essentially, naturally, by nature
- 来月 らいげつ next month
- 出来事 できごと incident happening, event
- 出来上がる できあがる to be finished, to be ready
Want 来 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
