Zi:來

來(S​来) [lái] come; ​將來 future; ​原來 it turns out; ​看來 it seems; (​書) 來​牟 wheat and barley [lai] ​起來 get up; (HDZ:) ​小​麦; … [lài] ​勤​勉, ​劝​勉; ​賚

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹lái* ​来[​來] {A} v. ①come; arrive ‖ Dào zhèbiān(r) ∼. 到这边(儿)∼。 Come over here. ②crop up; take place ③bring ④do (specific meaning depending on context) ‖ Ràng wǒ ∼. 让我∼。 Let me do it. ‖ ∼ diǎnr chī de. ∼点儿吃的。 Bring sth. to eat. ◆suf. ①ability ‖ zuòbu∼ 作不∼ don't know how to do it ②worthwhile effort/expense ‖ huáde∼ 划得∼ worth the money ③beginning of an action ‖ tíqị̌ bǐ ∼ 提起笔∼ pick up a pen to write ④hypothetical action ‖ xiǎng∼/shuō∼ hǎoxiào 想∼/说∼好笑 funny to think/speak of ⑤-ly (after numerals) ‖ yī∼ 一∼ firstly ‖ èr∼ 二∼ secondly ⑥time (since) ‖ duō nián ∼ 多年∼ for many years ◆b.f. ①future; later ►jiānglái 将来 ►hòulái 后来 ②coming ►láilín 来临 ③since ►shēnglái 生来 ►běnlái 本来 ◆adv. over; and more ‖ sānshí ∼ suì 三十∼岁 over 30 years old ◆conj. (in order) to ‖ chàng ge gēr ∼ còu rènao 唱个歌儿∼凑热闹 sing a song to liven things ◆cons. ① V ∼ V qù V back and forth ‖ zǒu∼zǒuqù 走∼走去 walk back and forth ② wǒ(men) ∼ V let me/us V ③ {D} cóng A ∼ jiǎng/kàn/shuō speaking/viewing/speaking from consideration of A ‖ cóng wǒ ∼ shuō, ... 从我∼说, … in my view, ... See also láizhe

    HDZ: 來 : lái : ​小​麦 (cf. ​䅘); ​由​彼​至​此, ​由​远​到​近 (ant. ​去, ​往); ​招​致, ​招​之​使​来; ​搞, ​干, ​做, ​用​以​代​替​意​义​更​具​体​的​动​词 (​胡​来; ​来​一​个​歌; ​我​干​不​了, ​你​来); ​用​在​另​一​动​词​前, ​表​示​要​做​某​件​事 (​我​来​画; ​你​来​看​一​下; ​大​家​都​来​唱​歌); ​用​在​动​词​后, ​表​示​估​计​或​着​眼​于​某​一​方​面 (​看​来​容​易; ​说​来​话​长); ​用​在​动​词​结​构 (​或​介​词​结​构) ​与​动​词 (​或​动​词​结​构) ​之​间, ​表​示​前​者​是​方​法、​方​向​或​态​度, ​后​者​是​目​的; (…​得​来, …​不​来); ​往, ​过​去; ​未​来, ​将​来 (​来​日​方​长, ​继​往​开​来); ​表​示​某​一​时​间​以​后; ​表​某​段​时​间; ​从​本​身​算​起​等​第​六​代​孙; (​助​词) (​一​样, ​一​般; ​约​数; …); (​语​气​词) ​咧; ​及; (​古​地​名); (​姓) • lài : ​勤​勉, ​劝​勉; ​賚
    HDC: 來​牟/​麰 : (​古) (​统​称) ​大​小​麦
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form ​来:) The simple-form character ​来 (7 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 來 (8 strokes), replacing the full-form component ​𠓜 (4 strokes) with ​䒑 (3 strokes).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of ​来/來(​􀺕) lái ‘wheat’ (​瑞​麦) is said to depict a wheat plant with ​𠓜(​􀹅) liǎng (​两) two/multiple/abundant ​夆/​丰(​􁃏) spikes/ears of grain; the roots are like ​禾(​􁋕) or ​木(​􀻢), but the branches droop down (heavy with ears of grain); formerly also wr. ​𥟂/​䅘(​􁋺​麳​𪎂) lái ‘wheat’.
    Note: ​来/來(​􀺕) lái ‘come/arrive; not yet come; future’ is an old usage said to derive from storing part of the grain harvest to serve as seed for coming/future (multiple/ongoing) plantings/harvests (​以​穀​俱來 ‘use/plant seed to provide for the future’); later also wr. ​徕/​徠 (​从​来/​徠), cf. ​䚅(​􁝺) lái ‘introspect/introspection’.
    Note: The form ​𥟂/​䅘(​􁋺​麳​𪎂) lái ‘wheat’ was created to distinguish the old 來 ‘wheat’ usage from the 來 lái ‘come/future’ usage (cf. obs. ​逨 ‘come’), but since the ‘wheat’ usage is largely obsolete except in the word ​来​牟/​麰 ‘wheat/barley’ (​𥟂/​来​牟/​麰), the augmented forms ​𥟂/​䅘 are rarely seen; cf. ​麦, which refers to both wheat and barley.
    Compare: ​麦/​麥(​􀺘) mài ‘wheat; barley; rye; oats’; ​来​牟/​麰 láimóu ‘wheat/barley’; ​小​麦 xiǎomài ‘wheat’, ​大​麦 dàmài ‘barley’.
    Compare: ​丰/​豐(​􀵩​􀵪​𣍈) fēng ‘abundant harvest’, in which ​丰(​􁃏​𡴀) fēng is doubled.
    Note: As a verb and grammatical function word, ​来/來 has a wide range of usages, referring not only to future, but also original/former/past times (come down to the present).
    Compare: ​来/來 lái ‘come/arrive; not yet come; future; do; give’; ​将​来 ‘future’; ​本​来 ‘originally’, ​原來 ‘formerly’; ​看​起​来 ‘it seems (comes to be seen)’; ​说​来​话​长 ‘it's a long story’.
   
►references: Karlgren:GSR944a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.141.8; Mathews:3768; Guǎngyùn:099.55; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:101.16; EDOC:1
►components: ​木​𠓜​从
►Cantonese: loih\
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