来 (lái) · to come

来 (lái) means “to come”. It is made of 未 + 丷 and has 7 strokes, and is an HSK 1 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 来 into its parts

What 来 is made of

• 未 wèi — not yet
  • 一 — horizontal stroke
  • 木 mù — tree
    • 十 — ten
    • 八 bā — eight
• 丷 ha — kwukyel
  • 丶 — dot

Origin hint: A wheat plant that has not yet borne fruit; compare 來 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

来 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 来

• 出来chūláito come out
• 回来huílaito come back
• 进来jìnláito come in
• 来到láidàoto come to
• 起来qǐlaito get up
• 带来dàiláito bring
• 过来guòlaito come over
• 后来hòuláilater
• 接下来jiēxiàláinext
• 来自láizìto come from
• 原来yuánláioriginally
• 越来越yuèláiyuèmore and more
• 本来běnláioriginally
• 传来chuánlái(of a sound or news) to come
• 从来cóngláialways
• 将来jiāngláifuture
• 看起来kàn qǐlaito look like
• 上来shàngláito come up
• 下来xiàlaito come down
• 以来yǐláisince
• 看来kànlaiit seems
• 来不及láibujítoo late
• 来得及láidejíthere's still time
• 来源láiyuánsource
• 未来wèiláifuture
• 一般来说yībān lái shuōgenerally speaking
• 近来jìnláirecently
• 苦尽甘来kǔjìngānláiafter hardship comes happiness
• 来历láilìorigin
• 礼尚往来lǐshàngwǎngláicourtesy demands reciprocity
• 历来lìláialways
• 向来xiàngláialways
• 到来dàoláiarrival
• 用来yòngláito be used for

Also built with 未

• 味wèitaste
• 妹mèiyounger sister
• 昧mèidark
• 魅mèimagic

Quick facts

Questions about 来