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来自 (lái zì): meaning and stroke order

来自 (lái zì) means to come from (a place), From: (in email header).

来自

Simplified
来自
Traditional
來自
Pinyin
lái zì

Stroke order of 来自

来

  • lái to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 來

Stroke by stroke

自

  • zì (bound form) self; oneself; from; since
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 来自

  1. lái zì Traditional 來自
    • to come from (a place)
    • From: (in email header)

Radicals of the characters

来
Radical 木 (Kangxi radical 75) · 7 strokes · built from 未 and 丷
自
Radical 自 (Kangxi radical 132) · 6 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

来自 in our stories

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  • 楼上的老太太英格丽知道她来自中国，眼睛一亮，说自己年轻时去过桂林，一直记得漓江上的雾。

    lóushàng de lǎo tàitai Yīnggélì zhīdao tā láizì Zhōngguó yǎnjing yí liàng shuō zìjǐ niánqīng shí qù guò Guìlín yìzhí jìde Lí Jiāng shàng de wù

    When old Ingrid from upstairs learned she was from China, her eyes lit up: she had been to Guilin when she was young and still remembered the mist on the Li River.

    From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 来自

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).