客 kè customer; visitor; guest

Made up of [宀 mián roof radical 40, 各 gè each; every ]
Made with 9 strokes.
Can be thought of as a slow walking person under a roof - a visitor on vacation

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Also uses 宀 mián component: 安 ān (peace) 宝 bǎo (jewel) ; 定 dìng (to set) ; 富 fù (rich) ; 宫 gōng (palace) ; 官 guān (official) ; 寒 hán (cold) ; 家 jiā (house) ; 宁 nìng (better) ; 容 róng (to hold) ; 室 shì (room) ; 实 shí (real) ; 宋 song (Song) ; 它 tā (it) ; 穴 xué (cave) ; 宜 yí (proper) ; 院 yuàn (courtyard) ; 灾 zāi (disaster) ; 字 zì (letter)
Also uses 各 gè component: 路 lù (road)

Sounds same

克 kè (to be able to) ; 刻 kè (carve)

Different tone

棵 kē (of plants) ; 可 kě (can)

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Pronunciation

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