来(lái): to come

HSK 17 strokesTrad. 來

to come

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Character informationHSK 1

Pinyin: lái
Meaning: to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)
Strokes: 7
HSK level: HSK 1
Traditional: 來

Origin & structureWhere 来 comes from

Ideograph⿻未丷

A wheat plant that has not yet borne fruit; compare 來

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

未wèi
not yet
Also in 妹味魅寐昧
丷bā
"eight" component in Chinese characters
Also in 前关商半火米

Parts are arranged overlaid.

Traditional form 來: A wheat plant that has just borne fruit; compare 来

Words with 来most common first

qǐ起lái来

HSK 2

to stand up; to get up

chū出lái来

HSK 2

to come out

xià下lái来

HSK 2

to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates m…

huí回lái来

HSK 2

to return; to come back

guò过lái来

HSK 2

to come over

jìn进lái来

HSK 2

to come in

shàng上lái来

HSK 2

to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success)

hòu后lái来

HSK 3

afterwards; later

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