Onyomi: カク, キャク · Kunyomi: - · Meanings: client, customer, guest, visitor
Kanji for client, customer, guest, visitor
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客 is made from 宀, meaning a roof or house, and 各, meaning “each” or “every.” When someone from elsewhere comes and stays under your roof, they are not a family member but a visitor. Each different person who comes to your house is treated as a guest. From this idea, 客 came to mean guest, visitor, or customer.
客 shows someone coming under a roof as a guest or visitor.
Imagine opening your house and welcoming different people under your roof. Those visitors are 客.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 客 | きゃく | guest, visitor | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 客 | まれびと | visitor from afar | Noun |
| 客賓 | まろうど | visitor from afar, guest | Noun |
| 客席 | きゃくせき | guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium), passenger seat (e.g. taxi) | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 客間 | きゃくま | drawing room, parlor, parlour, guest room | common JLPT-N2 Noun |
| 客観的 | きゃっかんてき | objective | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 客室 | きゃくしつ | guest room (at a hotel), guest cabin (on a boat), passenger cabin (on a plane) | common Noun |
| 客船 | きゃくせん | passenger boat | common Noun |
| 客車 | きゃくしゃ | passenger car, passenger carriage | common Noun |
| 客人 | きゃくじん | caller, visitor, company, guest | Noun |