客
|
Translingual
Stroke order | |||
---|---|---|---|
Han character
客 (radical 40, 宀+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 十竹水口 (JHER), four-corner 30604, composition ⿱宀各)
References
- 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
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
客 |
---|
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 客 | |||
---|---|---|---|
Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Bronze inscriptions | Chu Slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Characters in the same phonetic series (各) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
---|---|
Old Chinese | |
髂 | *kʰraːɡs |
路 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
輅 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
賂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
虂 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
露 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
潞 | *raːɡs |
鷺 | *raːɡs |
璐 | *raːɡs |
簬 | *raːɡs |
簵 | *ɡ·raːɡs |
洛 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
駱 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
絡 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
酪 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
烙 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
雒 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
珞 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
硌 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
袼 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ |
笿 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
鉻 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
鮥 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
鵅 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
挌 | *ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ |
落 | *ɡ·raːɡ |
各 | *klaːɡ |
胳 | *klaːɡ |
閣 | *klaːɡ |
格 | *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ |
擱 | *klaːɡ |
恪 | *kʰlaːɡ |
愙 | *kʰaːɡ |
貉 | *ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ |
狢 | *ɡlaːɡ |
佫 | *ɡlaːɡ |
略 | *ɡ·raɡ |
茖 | *kraːɡ |
骼 | *kraːɡ |
觡 | *kraːɡ |
蛒 | *kraːɡ |
敋 | *kraːɡ |
客 | *kʰraːɡ |
喀 | *kʰraːɡ |
揢 | *kʰraːɡ |
額 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
峉 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
頟 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
詻 | *ŋɡraːɡ |
垎 | *ɡraːɡ |
楁 | *ɡraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰraːɡ) : semantic 宀 (“roof”) + phonetic 各 (OC *klaːɡ) – a guest.
Etymology
Probably belongs to the word family of 格 (OC *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ, “to go, to come”). Schuessler (2007) cites Tibetan དགྲ (dgra, “enemy”) as a possible cognate. Starostin compares this with Turkish karak (“robber”) and reconstructs Proto-Altaic *kàra.
Pronunciation
Definitions
客
- guest; visitor
- customer; client; consumer (Classifier: 個/个 c; 位 c)
- to treat with guest etiquette; to receive friendly
- minor; less major; less important
- Agent suffix, indicating “one that engages in ...”.
- one who sponges on a wealthy family; hanger-on; sponger
- traveller; passenger; one who lives away from home
- to live away from home; to live abroad
- (in general) people; person
- objective; beyond human consciousness
- Short for 客家 (kèjiā, “Hakka”).
- Classifier for units of food sold.
- A surname.
Compounds
Derived terms from 客
|
|
|
Japanese
Kanji
客
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}
.
Readings
Usage notes
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 御 (o-) and the honorific suffix さん (-san) or more often 様 (-sama), rendering お客さん (okyaku-san) or お客様 (okyaku-sama).
Vietnamese
Han character
客 (khách)
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}
.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.