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客 — customer; visitor; guest

customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions

Pinyin
kè
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 客: 9 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

客 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 客 in the HSK syllabus: 21

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 不客气bú kèqiyou're welcome; don't mention it; impolite; rudeHSK 1
  2. 客人kèrénvisitor; guest; customer; clientHSK 3
  3. 请客qǐngkèto give a dinner party; to entertain guestsHSK 3
  4. 游客yóukètraveler; tourist; guest playerHSK 3
  5. 做客zuòkèto be a guest or visitorHSK 3
  6. 乘客chéngkèpassengerHSK 4
  7. 顾客gùkècustomer; clientHSK 4
  8. 客气kèqipolite; courteous; formal; modestHSK 4
  9. 客厅kètīngliving room; sitting roomHSK 4
  10. 旅客lǚkètraveler; touristHSK 4
  11. 客服kèfúcustomer serviceHSK 5
  12. 客观kèguānobjective; impartialHSK 5
  13. 客户kèhùclient; customerHSK 5
  14. 好客hàokèhospitality; to treat guests wellHSK 6
  15. 客车kèchēcoach; bus; passenger trainHSK 6
  16. 黑客hēikèhackerHSK 7–9
  17. 客房kèfángguest room; roomHSK 7–9
  18. 客机kèjīpassenger planeHSK 7–9
  19. 客流kèliúpassenger flow; customer flowHSK 7–9
  20. 客运kèyùnpassenger transportation; intercity busHSK 7–9
  21. 作客zuòkèto live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojournHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.