WHOLE CHARACTER
客
guest; visitor; customer; client; traveler; lodger
客 is a guest or customer — someone received away from their own home.
ZDIC: 形声; a shelter roof over 各 as the sound side.
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客
guest; visitor; customer; client; traveler; lodger
客 is a guest or customer — someone received away from their own home.
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WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
top / bottom
ZDIC: 形声; a shelter roof over 各 as the sound side.
MEANING
宀
covered house; shelter
Often called the roof component. Its dictionary meaning concerns a covered house; its role in this character is shown below.
In 客: meaning Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
SOUND
各
each; every
Standalone meaning is kept separate from its historical sound role in characters like 客 and 路.
In 客: sound Sound side per ZDIC: gè and kè share the final e and tone 4; the initial differs in aspiration (g/k).
Tone 4
- guest; visitor
- customer; client
- traveler; lodger
- 客人guest
- 顾客customer
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