The Chinese Radical: 来


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Meaning
to come    来

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
to come, to arrive, ever since, next
lái
Top: one 一, bottom: rice 米 (with a long vertical stroke)
Because of one grain of rice I shall come?  
no HSK
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot)
lái
Top: growing plant 艹, bottom: to come 来 (Because of ten 十 grains of rice 米, I shall come?)
(This weed) is a plant that always comes again, it is the: 'fat hen'  
no HSK
govern, normal nature of man, laws and rules

From top: Part of spool 互, rice 米, thread 糸, two hands 廾
When you (wrap) on a spool some rice grains using a thread and both hands, you 'govern'.  
no HSK
to glance, to look at, to favor, think highly of
lài
Left: eye 目, right: to come 来 (Because of ten 十 grains of rice 米, I shall come?)
When the eyes come from somewhere: they looked at things and are in favor.  

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