Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: come, due, next, cause, become

Kunyomi: く.る きた.る きた.す き.たす き.たる

Onyomi: ライ タイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: man, human

Examples

Onyomi Examples

如来 ニョライ Tathagata, perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)

蘇民将来 ソミンショウライ tower-shaped wooden talisman, apron-shaped straw deity to ward off disease

Kunyomi Examples

来る くる to come (spatially or temporally), to approach, to arrive, to come back, to do ... and come back, to come to be, to become, to get, to grow, to continue, to come from, to be caused by, to derive from, to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")