The Chinese characters 来 meaning is come.

“He who sows his grain in the field puts his trust in heaven,” so observed the proverb. A bountiful yield of grain was therefore gratefully acknowledged as having come from above. Thus 来, originally a pictograph of growing wheat or barley, came to stand for “come”. The simplified character grafts rice (米) on to tree (木) to produce 来 — a character no less welcome.

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