来 (kuru) Kanji Meaning: "Come" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

N561 of 797 strokes

Drawing: Wheat came to ancient China from far away: come.

来 means come

due, next, cause, become

Wheat came to ancient China from far away: come.

On'yomi

  • ライrai
  • タイtai

Kun'yomi

  • く(る)kuru
  • き(たる)kitaru
  • き(たす)kitasu
  • きki
  • こko

Stroke order

Common words

  • 来らいnext (year, spring, etc.); coming
  • 来月らいげつnext month
  • 来週らいしゅうnext week
  • 来年らいねんnext year

Through history

  1. Oracle bone script form of 來Oracle bone
  2. Bronze script form of 來Bronze
  3. Seal script form of 來Seal
  4. Today
Written 來 before Japan's postwar reform.

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