What does the kanji 来 mean?

The kanji 来 (kuru) means "come, due, next, cause, become". It is a JLPT N5 character.

What kanji is "kuru"?

"kuru" is written with the kanji 来, meaning "come, due, next, cause, become". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) らい (rai), たい (tai), kunyomi (native Japanese) くる (kuru), き (ki), こ (ko). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 来?

Write 来 ("come") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 来?

来 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) らい (rai), たい (tai), kunyomi (native Japanese) くる (kuru), き (ki), こ (ko).

来“come” Kanjikuru / rai

JLPT N5

How to write 来

来 (come) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

come, due, next, cause, become

Onyomi (音読み)

らい rai
たい tai

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

くる kuru
き ki
こ ko

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 来

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

あさって来きてください。
Come the day after tomorrow.
来 (き)
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出来できるだけゆっくり話はなして下ください。
Please speak as slowly as possible.
出来る (できる)
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シンガポールからやって来きました。
I'm from Singapore.
やって来 (やってき)
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Read 来 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.