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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Ideogrammic compound (會意):  (roof) +  (individual) – a individual (各) under a roof (宀) – a guest.

Han character [edit]

(radical 40 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十竹水口 (JHER), four-corner 30604, composition)

  1. guest, visitor, traveller
  2. customer

Derived characters [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 284, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7128
  • Dae Jaweon: page 561, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 927, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+5BA2

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale haak3)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana きゃく, romaji kyaku)

  1. guest
  2. customer
  3. patron

Usage notes [edit]

This is used as part of a form of address for a customer, like sir or ma'am. Because a customer is in a much higher social position, this word is used with the honorific prefix  (お, o-) and the honorific suffix さん (-san) or more often さま (-sama), rendering お客さん (okyakusan) or お客様 (okyakusama).


Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised gaek, McCune-Reischauer kaek)

  • EunHeun Reading: 손객

Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin (ke4), Wade-Giles k'o4)

Compounds [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(khách)