The kanji 客: meaning, readings and stroke order

客

Meaning: guest, customer
On reading: キャク kyaku、カク kaku
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 9
Radical: 宀 roof
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: khách
Japanese: おきゃくさん。
Korean: 손님 (객)
Chinese: 客人

Readings, words and example sentences

キャク kyaku · on reading

お客きゃく
guest, visitor
お客おきゃくが家に来ました。
A guest came to our house.

カク kaku · on reading · less common

旅りょ客かく
passenger, traveler
旅りょ客かくが船に乗ります。
The passengers get on the ship.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.