# 客 — guest; customer

客 means “guest; customer”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 9 strokes. On'yomi: キャク (kyaku), カク (kaku). It has no common kun'yomi. You'll see it in words such as 客 (kyaku, “guest; visitor”).

- Meaning: guest; customer
- On'yomi: キャク (kyaku), カク (kaku)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 9
- Level: JLPT N3 · set People & roles

## How to remember 客

A roof (宀) for each (各) one who comes: a guest.

Sounds like 各: both read カク.

Parts: 宀 roof · 各 each

## Words with 客

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 客 | きゃく (kyaku) | guest; visitor |
| お客さま | おきゃくさま (okyakusama) | guest; visitor |

## Don't confuse it with

[官](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/official/) · [各](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/each/) · [格](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/status/) · [略](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/abbreviate/)

## More in the “People & roles” set

[客](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/guest/) · [師](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/instructor/) · [王](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/king/) · [君](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/you-to-a-junior/) · [童](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/youngster/) · [僕](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/i-boys/)

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