来
Japanese
kanji forms
Definitions
- to come
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 來.
Origin
Middle Chinese
來
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- continuative or stem form of verb m Japanese
- stem or continuative form of classical verb m Japanese
- あり Japanese
- き Japanese
- けり Japanese
- できる Japanese
- 出づ idu, izu, the ancient form of modern m Japanese
- 出で Japanese
- 出る deru, “to come or go out of something” Japanese
- 来る Japanese
- 来る kuru, “to come” Japanese
- 連用形 Japanese
- けり Old Japanese
- 來 Middle Chinese