Mnemonic
One legendary grain of rice sits glowing on a hilltop. Its aroma drifts across the entire land, causing everyone to come running from every direction. They come in droves, drawn irresistibly toward that single perfect grain of rice pulsing with golden light.
Additional thoughts
Picture a lone radiant grain of rice on a hill, its scent so powerful it pulls crowds toward it like a magnet. One + rice = come. The motion is always toward the rice, reinforcing the directional sense of approaching.Quick recall
One glowing grain of rice makes everyone come running.Details
The keyword for 来 is come. This kanji represents the concept of approaching, arriving, or moving toward the speaker. It is one of the most fundamental directional verbs in Japanese, indicating motion in the direction of the speaker or a reference point. It can also express the idea of something occurring from the past up to the present, as in events that have come to pass over time.
- On'yomi
- らい、たい
- Kun'yomi
- く.る、きた.る、きた.す、き.たす、き.たる、き、こ