Mnemonic comic for 来
Mnemonic
Mnemonic symbol: a boomerang, because it always comes back (ideally).
Comments
来 character breakdown
Component Translations
"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]
one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system
not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
rice / CL:粒[li4] / meter (classifier)
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit