Memory phrase for the character: 客

客

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Meaning

guest, customer, visitor

Pronunciation

kè

Explanation

 At top: roof 宀, bottom: every 各 (Sitting with crossed legs 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)

Mnemonic
 
He sits under the roof cross-legged on a cushion: Our guest!

Radicals

客 guestUnder the roof everybody is our guest.
宀 roof
各 each, everybodyWatch for the very similar meaning of the radical every 每.
夂 upturned footupturned foot or sitting crossed-legged - Do not mistake with the: "hand with a stick": /攴




 Vocabulary

客观 kè guān  objective; impartial
客人 kè rén  visitor; guest; customer; client
旅客 lǚ kè  traveler; tourist
侠客 xiá kè  chivalrous person; knight-errant
客厅 kè tīng  drawing room (room for arriving guests); living room
客舱 kè cāng  passenger cabin
镖客 biāo kè  armed escort (of travelers or merchants' caravans)
嫖客 piáo kè  patron of a brothel
嫖客 piáo kè  

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