客
客 — Guest
guest, visitor, customer, client
On’yomiキャク (kyaku)
On’yomiカク (kaku)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 客
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 客 | きゃく kyaku | guest; visitor; customer |
| 観客 | かんきゃく kankyaku | spectator; audience |
| 顧客 | こきゃく kokyaku | customer; client; patron |
| 乗客 | じょうきゃく joukyaku | passenger |
| 旅客 | りょかく ryokaku | passenger; traveller; traveler |
| 客観的 | きゃっかんてき kyakkanteki | objective |
Study notes
客 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #557 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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