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Kanji Detail for 客 - "guest, customer"

客

  • Meaning

    客 means "guest, customer." Also associated with traveler.

    1. Guest - A visitor; someone who is welcomed.

    2. Customer - A patron; one who pays for goods or services.

    3. Traveler - One who journeys; a visitor from afar.

  • Words using 客

    • 乗客 じょうきゃく Listen passenger
    • 観客 かんきゃく Listen spectator; audience
    • 顧客 こきゃく Listen customer; client; patron
    • 旅客 りょかく Listen passenger; traveller; traveler
    • 客席 きゃくせき Listen guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
    • 客観的 きゃっかんてき Listen objective
    • 客観 きゃっかん Listen objectivity; objective; object (philosophical)
    • 旅客機 りょかくき Listen passenger plane

  • Four-character idioms with 客

    • 主客転倒 しゅかくてんとう Listen reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned
    • 千客万来 せんきゃくばんらい Listen flood of customers; roaring business
    • 文人墨客 ぶんじんぼっかく Listen writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy
    • 月卿雲客 げっけいうんかく Listen court nobles and other courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace

  • Tattoo check: 客

    • Verified meaning: guest, customer
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きやく)
    • Also carries these associations: traveler

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 客

    Surnames 客(きやく)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    guest; visitor; customer; client

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    guest, traveller; customer

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    guest, traveller; customer

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Opposite of host. Such as 賓客. | To sojourn. All who come from outside are called 客. Such as those with registered residency elsewhere called 客籍. Working for hire elsewhere called 客作. | Not originally possessed is also called 客. Such as 客氣用事, meaning affected pride, not genuine feelings. Colloquially, being modest is called 客氣. Being cute and lovable is also called 客氣. Different meanings.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kaku(カク) カク

    kyaku(キャク) キャク

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    guest customer traveler invited person visitor patron client tourist passenger attendee buyer consumer audience hospitality reception service accommodation welcomed

Sentences including 客

  • The store is choked with customers.

  • Kyoto is visited by many tourists.

  • We're having some guests over this evening.

  • Customers stopped coming to our shop.

  • Could i ask you to get a cup of tea for our guest?

  • Up to now , only five guests have arrived.

  • The number of guests is 20.

  • John talked with his customer on the phone.

  • There is only a small audience today.

  • She put her room in order before her guests arrived.

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