Chinese Character 来 Meanings and components.

Form

来

Meaning

来 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 来 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Mi (米) , and one (一)

Its radical[1] is: 木 (mu4) which means: Surname Mu, .木mu4surname Mu

In cangjie it is written with DT

How to write 来

To write来lai2to come you should write a combination of 米mi3surname Mi , 一yi1one arranged in a + shape:

米 + 一 = 来

来 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

来
Pinyin:lai2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Come . To Arrive . To Come Round . Ever Since . Next
米
Pinyin:mi3
Meaning[3]: Surname Mi
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

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

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

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