客 – guest, visitor, customer

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The kanji 客 means guest, visitor, customer, client. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キャク、カク (kyaku, kaku). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キャク	kyaku
On’yomi	カク	kaku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 宀 (Kangxi radical 40). Components: 口・夂・宀.

Words using 客

客きゃくguest乗客じょうきゃくpassenger観客かんきゃくspectator客席きゃくせきguest seating (e.g. theater, stadium)客間きゃくまdrawing room客観きゃっかんobjectivity旅客りょかくpassenger

Example sentences

夕食にお客を招いていますか。

Do you have guests for dinner?

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春先だから客もあまりいませんでした。

It was early spring, so there weren't many customers.

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乗客はどちらの側にも４人すわっていた。

The passengers sat four aside.

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Kanji with the same radical

定実家安官容宅害宮審守察室完富寄

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