Kanji 客

音読おんよみ: キャク

訓読くんよみ: none *

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部首ぶしゅ: うかんむり(宀)

Meaning

Guest / Visitor / Customer

  • 観客かんきゃく — audience, spectators
  • 乗客じょうきゃく — passenger
  • 客室きゃくしつ — guest room
  • 客船きゃくせん — passenger ship
  • 客観的きゃっかんてき — objectively
  • 客車きゃくしゃ — passenger car (train)
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  • 客足きゃくあし — customer traffic
  • 客間きゃくま — parlor, guest room
  • 来客らいきゃく — visitor

客 is made of 宀 (roof) and 各 (each), symbolizing someone who comes under a roof — a guest or visitor. Over time, it has come to mean anyone who visits, stays, or uses a service, including travelers and customers.

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