I CHING LEXICON lai2 R#:9 R: Strokes:6,8 Wade/Giles:lai2 Freq:42 (imit.) (borr.) to come, coming; pluperfect Legge: to encourage, to induce to come. Wieger: #13B, says primitive is not ren2 but rather zhui2, an object suspended, a pendant; the primitive represents bearded ears of corn hanging down ; the other part of the character is a primitive representing the plant; the character now represents to come. Wilder: #64, says the Shuo Wen says it means come, because the grain eaten by man comes from heaven. H2 WY H5 L6 H5 L6 Image H6 COTD H8 H8 COTD H8 L1 H11 H11 COTD H12 H12 COTD

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