Chinese symbol for “customer”
顾客
gù kè
Traditional: 顧客
customer; client; measure word: 位 (wèi)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for customer is 顾客 (gù kè), defined as: customer; client; measure word: 位 (wèi).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “customer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 客 | kè | customer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food) |
| 买主 (買主) | mǎi zhǔ | customer |
| 客户 (客戶) | kè hù | client; customer |
| 用户 (用戶) | yòng hù | user; consumer |
| 客人 | kè rén | visitor; guest; customer |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 顾客.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 照顾 (照顧) | zhào gu | to take care of; to show consideration |
| 顾问 (顧問) | gù wèn | adviser; consultant |
| 回顾 (回顧) | huí gù | to look back; to review |
| 不顾 (不顧) | bù gù | in spite of; regardless of |
| 顾虑 (顧慮) | gù lǜ | misgivings; apprehensions; to worry about; to be concerned about |
| 客户 (客戶) | kè hù | client; customer |
| 游客 (遊客) | yóu kè | traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player |
| 博客 | bó kè | (loanword) a blog; a blogger |
See also: Japanese symbol for “customer”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.