徕
徠Meanings
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- 1.used in 招徕[zhāo lái]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to come; to arrive
- 2.to happen; to occur
- 3.to do (specific meaning depending on the context)
- 4.since
- 5.next; coming; future
- 6.about; approximately; around
- 7.Used after a verb of motion to indicate movement toward the speaker.
- 8.Used before a verb to express volition.
- 9.An interjection to draw attention.
- 10.Used with 不 or 得 to express capability.
- 11.Used after numerals in colloquial lists.
- 12.Meaningless particle for rhythmic purposes.
- 13.currently
- 14.(Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 來 (MC loj)
- 15.a surname
- 16.in order to
- 17.son
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Etymology
Pictogram (象形) of wheat – original character of 麥 (OC *mrɯːɡ, “wheat”) or 麳 (OC *rɯː, “wheat”). The line in the middle represents the ear, the two lines pointing upwards represent leaves, and the lines pointing downwards represent the stem and roots. An additional horizontal line was often added at the top end of the character, possibly used to emphasize the ear of the wheat. Compare 禾; both are unrelated to 釆. This character has been borrowed for “to come” since the oracle bone script. During the Western Zhou and Warring States periods, additional semantic components, such as 止 (“foot”) or 辵 (“to walk”), were added to differentiate the original sense from the borrowed sense. However, these additions were not inherited in later scripts. Some consider the derivative 麥 from the addition of 夊 (“to walk slowly”) to be the original form for the meaning “to come”. If so, their meanings have interchanged due to frequent use of 來 for “to come”. Shuowen connects “wheat” and “to come” from a mythological standpoint: 天所來也 (“it comes from the heavens”). This may be supported by archaeological evidence, which suggests that wheat is not native to China, but originated in the Fertile Crescent. 來 and 麥 have both been reconstructed to begin with *mr- in Old Chinese. The former retains the liquid as /l/, while the latter retains the nasal /m/. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *la-j ~ ra (“to come”) (STEDT). Cognate with 迨 (OC *l'ɯːʔ, “to reach; until”), 賚 (OC *rɯːs, “to bestow”), Burmese လာ (la, “to come”). Also cognate with 蒞 (OC *rɯbs, “to arrive”) according to Schuessler (2007). Unclear if connected to Vietnamese lại (“come; again”).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
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