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客

Guest
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingキャク、カク
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 3Level 9

Meanings

  1. guestRtK
  2. visitor
  3. customer
  4. client
    彼は顧客から大金を騙し取った。He cheated his clients out of a lot of money.tatoeba
  1. shopper

Synonyms

ゲスト来客

Popular Usage

観客乗客客席客間客観

Radicals and components

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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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house · each · walking legs (儿) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 315

Compound words

観客かんきゃく
spectator; audience
乗客じょうきゃく
passenger
客間きゃくま
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
客席きゃくせき
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
接客せっきゃく
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
お客さんおきゃくさん
guest
客観きゃっかん
objectivity; objective; object (philosophical)
客員きゃくいん
guest member; associate member; honorary member
客室きゃくしつ
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
客車きゃくしゃ
passenger car; passenger carriage
客船きゃくせん
passenger boat
旅客りょかく
passenger; traveller; traveler; tourist
論客ろんきゃく
controversialist; polemic; disputant
顧客こきゃく
customer; client; patron
賓客ひんきゃく
guest of honour; guest of honor; privileged guest; visitor
来客らいきゃく
visitor; caller
客足きゃくあし
customer traffic; customers; custom
お客様おきゃくさま
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
観光客かんこうきゃく
tourist
客観的きゃっかんてき
objective
旅客機りょかくき
passenger plane
顧客満足こきゃくまんぞく
customer satisfaction
佳客かかく
good visitor
花客かかく
cherry blossom viewer

On Reading Examples

客人たちはその幸せな夫婦が末永く裕福な人生を送る事を祈った。きゃくじん
The guests wished the happy couple a long and prosperous life.tatoeba
その店はスーパーに客を取られた。かく
The store lost its trade to the supermarket.tatoeba
彼の名演技に観客はやんやの喝采を送った。かんきゃく
His great performance drew thundering applause from the audience.tatoeba
父は客人の夕食を準備するのに大いに骨を折った。きゃくじん
Father went to a lot of trouble to prepare dinner for our guests.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は閉会式には沢山の客を招待することを計画するでしょう。
He is planning on inviting a lot of guests to the closing ceremony.tatoeba
彼は自分の怒りを観客に見えないように隠した。
He concealed his anger from the audience.tatoeba
彼は苦労して顧客を獲得した。
He has managed to secure several accounts.tatoeba
最大客席数は200席余。
The maximum number of seats is slightly more than 200.wiki
通常床前が上座であり正客席となる。
The main guest usually sits in front of the tokonoma or on a kamiza (a mat placed at the highest ranked position).wiki
何故そうなったのか客観からは解らない。
There is no objective view as to the reason borei are formed.wiki
江戸時代には客観や写生という言葉こそなかった。
During the Edo period, there were no such term as kyakkan or shasei.wiki

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Guest. 宀 (house) + 各 (each who arrives) — someone who comes into another's home.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 客

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