- 来る — to come
- 来る — to arrive (literary)
- 来週 — next week
- 未来 — future
- 来日 — coming to Japan
The traditional form of this kanji (來) shows wheat growing upward. It was borrowed for its meaning "to come." The simplified version 来 is used in modern Japanese. It appears frequently in both time-related and motion-related words.
きのう、友達が来ました。
My friend came yesterday.
来週、テストがあります。
There is a test next week.
🎧 Practice the native pronunciation of 来.