HSK 1 · Coming & going

来

lái

to come

Stroke order of 来

来 is written with 7 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

It looks like a wheat plant "木" with extra ears of grain; the harvest has come.

Parts: originally a picture of a wheat plant; looks like 木 tree with two extra dots and a crossbar

Example sentence

你什么时候来？

When are you coming?

Words with 来

起来to get up; to rise 来到to arrive; to come to 出来to come out 进来to come in 回来to come back 来自to come from 后来afterwards; later 原来originally; so it turns out 接下来next; following 越来越more and more 带来to bring 过来to come over 上来to come up 下来to come down 传来to come through (of sound or news)以来since 从来always; ever 本来originally

More words: Coming & going

去to go 回to return; to go back 出to go out; to exit 进to enter 来到to arrive; to come to 回到to return to 出来to come out 出去to go out 进来to come in 进去to go in 回来to come back 回去to go back 走to walk; to leave 走路to walk 跑to run 到to arrive; to reach

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