ChiramiN5 kanji · 7 strokes
来 means come
丷 waving branches · 木 tree
来Memory trick
A tree (木) waving its branches at you: come here!
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- come, due, next, cause
- JLPT level
- N5
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) くる kuru
くる (kuru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: きたる kitaru, きたす kitasu, き ki
From Chinese (onyomi) ライ rai
ライ (rai) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: タイ tai
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
来る くる · kuru
to come, to approach
Built from
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米 Used in 29 kanji
亠 Used in 156 kanji
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What does 来 mean?
Right: 来 means come.Not quite: 来 means come.In 来る, which reading does 来 use?
Right. 来る is read くる (kuru): 来 takes く, its Japanese reading, with る after it.Not quite. 来る is read くる (kuru): 来 takes く, its Japanese reading, with る after it.