TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
客
客 ＝ 宀 ＋ 各
ㄎㄜˋ · kè
noun — guest, visitor; customer
字源 FORM — what the parts do
宀義a roof
{g,k}Igè → kè — the back of the throat shifts g to k
Under a roof (宀), 各 gè lends the sound, worn from g to k. The one who arrives at your roof and is not of the house: the guest, 客人; then the paying one, 顧客; then the outsider's view, 客觀.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
屋頂（宀）下來了一個外人（各），不是自家人——客。
Under the roof (宀) arrives one from outside (各), not of the house — the guest.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)客人、作客— guest, visitor常用
→顧客、客戶— customer常用
⇒客觀— objective — seen from outside
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension