come

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 来 has 7 strokes and refers to a person arriving or a time coming.
• Basic usage: 来る is read くる, while 来年, next year, is read らいねん.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Arrival and a season's coming
  • 家に来る means coming to a house; に marks the destination.
  • 春が来たら means “when spring comes,” and 来たら is read きたら. The reading of 来 changes with conjugation.