客 means “guest, customer”

きゃく · kyaku

Also: visitor, client

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キャク, カク

JLPT N3 · Taught in grade 3 · 9 strokes

The story

Under a roof (宀), each (各) new arrival in turn: 客 is the guest. Japan's famous service runs on お客様, the honored customer, and a well-known line even says お客様は神様です: the customer is a god.

Used in お客さん (okyakusan, customer/guest), 乗客 (joukyaku, passenger), and 客室 (kyakushitsu, guest room)

More from People Around You

• 師 teacher
• 彼 he
• 婦 woman
• 徒 pupil
• 君 you
• 娘 daughter
• 皆 everyone
• 坊 boy
• 達 plural (people)
• 他 other

Learn 客 and more kanji free on Fuji Learning · All kanji

Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.