Chinese Character 來 Meanings and components.

Form

來

Meaning

來 meaning[3] in English

To Come.

To Arrive.

To Come Round.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 來 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mu (木) , and surname Cong (从)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with DOO

How to write 來

To write來lai2to come you should write a combination of 木mu4surname Mu , 从cong2surname Cong arranged in a + shape:

木 + 从 = 來

來 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 來 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 來, looks as follow:

來
Pinyin:lai2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Come . To Arrive . To Come Round . Ever Since . Next
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
从
Pinyin:cong2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Cong
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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