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This is the surname Lai, as used in Mandarin Chinese.
The meaning is to depend on, to relay upon, to hang on in a place, to renege (on a promise), or to throw the burden on. Context really matters with these meanings, and when used as a surname, it's just a surname.
來 means to come or to arrive.
In Japanese, this can be the female given name Rai or the surnames Takagi or Kuru (and a few other rare names). Often written 来 instead of the original 來 in modern Japanese.
In the Buddhist context, this can mean the coming or refer to the future.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Lai | 賴 赖 | lài / lai4 / lai | ||
To Come To Arrive | 來 来 | rai / takagi / kuru | lái / lai2 / lai | |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
Some people may refer to this entry as Lai Kanji, Lai Characters, Lai in Mandarin Chinese, Lai Characters, Lai in Chinese Writing, Lai in Japanese Writing, Lai in Asian Writing, Lai Ideograms, Chinese Lai symbols, Lai Hieroglyphics, Lai Glyphs, Lai in Chinese Letters, Lai Hanzi, Lai in Japanese Kanji, Lai Pictograms, Lai in the Chinese Written-Language, or Lai in the Japanese Written-Language.