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Chinese character

來

lái

to arrive, to come, to return

8 strokesRadical 人Traditional

Meaning

Definitions are in English.
  • to arrive, to come, to return
  • in the future, later on
  • to come
  • (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  • hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5])

Simplified / Traditional

来→來

Variant forms: 来

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Etymology hint · Ideographic

A wheat plant that has just borne fruit; compare 来

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來

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