漢字城 Kanji Fortress

来 come

Also: next

On'yomi
ライ
Kun'yomi
く-る、きた-る
Strokes
7
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): く-る.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
来 is written in 7 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A stalk of 米 rice with two little figures clinging to its sides — when the rice is ready, everyone comes running, and they will come again next harvest.

A common word

  • 来年 らいねん next year

Example sentences

  • あした、ともだちがきます。

    My friend is coming tomorrow.

  • らいしゅう、にほんへいきます。

    I'm going to Japan next week.

Don't confuse it with

  • 米 rice N3

Kanji that share a part

木 is its radical. 134 kanji share it in all.

米 is a component. 17 kanji share it in all.

  • 料 fee
  • 奥 interior
  • 迷 astray N3
  • 断 severance N3
  • 歯 tooth N3
  • 精 refined N3
  • 類 sort N3
  • 粉 flour N2