This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ライ、タイ、く.る、きた.る、きた.す、き.たす、き.たる
Romaji: rai, tai, ku.ru, kita.ru, kita.su, ki.tasu, ki.taru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

come, due, next, cause, become

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  4
Frequency: 
Grade:  10
Skip Pattern:  4-8-3
Korean Reading:  rae
Chinese Reading:  lai2
Unicode:  4f86
JIS:  5054

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3570
Nelson Index: 204
New Nelson Index: 173
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a7.6
Four Corner Index: 4090.8
Japanese Names Index: 756
Daikanwanjiten Index: 581
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0740
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2988
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4387

Words

出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant
如来 (にょらい)
Tathagata; perfected one (suffix of high-ranking Buddhist deities)
従来農法 (じゅうらいのうほう)
traditional farming
千客万来 (せんかくばんらい、せんきゃくばんらい)
flood of customers; (doing a) roaring business
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 ...")
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