The Chinese Radical: 来


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Meaning
to come    来

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to come, to arrive, ever since, next
lái
Top: one , bottom: rice (with a long vertical stroke)
Because of one grain of rice I shall come?
JLPT no HSK
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot)
lái
Top: growing plant , bottom: to come (Because of ten grains of rice , I shall come?)
(This weed) is a plant that always comes again, it is the: 'fat hen'
JLPT no HSK
govern, normal nature of man, laws and rules

From top: Part of spoool 互, rice , thread , two hands
When you (wrap) on a spool some rice grains using a thread and both hands, you 'govern'.
JLPT no HSK
to glance, to look at, to favor, think highly of
lài
Left: eye , right: to come (Because of ten grains of rice , I shall come?)
When the eyes come from somewhere: they looked at things and are in favor.

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