客(kè)

HSK 19 strokes

customer

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Character information

Pinyin
kè
Meaning
customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 客 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱宀各

A person 各 welcomed under one's roof 宀; 各 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

宀mián各gè

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 客 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 客

Common words using 客 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

kè客rén人
HSK 2

visitor

Open 客人 page →
zuò做kè客
HSK 3

to be a guest or visitor

Open 做客 page →
chéng乘kè客
HSK 5

passenger

Open 乘客 page →
bó博kè客
HSK 5

(loanword) a blog; a blogger

Open 博客 page →
zuò作kè客
HSK 7-9

to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn

Open 作客 page →
hào好kè客
HSK 7-9

hospitality

Open 好客 page →
dīng丁kè客

variant of 丁克[ding1 ke4]

Open 丁客 page →
zhù住kè客

hotel guest; tenant

Open 住客 page →

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人做乘博作好丁住

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