来 lái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 未 not yet 丷 horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
来自
láizì
to come from
Characters in this word
自 zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 自 — self
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 我来自中国。 Wǒ láizì Zhōngguó. I come from China.
- 他来自北京。 Tā láizì Běijīng. He comes from Beijing.
- 她来自上海。 Tā láizì Shànghǎi. She comes from Shanghai.
Related words
- 出来 chūlái to come out
- 回来 huílái to come back
- 进来 jìnlái to come in
- 来 lái to come
- 来到 láidào to arrive, to come to
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 带来 dàilái to bring; to cause
- 过来 guòlái to come over
- 后来 hòulái later; afterward
- 接下来 jiēxiàlái next; after this
- 原来 yuánlái so it was; originally
- 越来越 yuèláiyuè more and more