Japanese symbol for “parlour”
客間
きゃくま
Romaji: kyakuma
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
In Japanese, parlour is 客間, read きゃくま (kyakuma).
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Meanings
- n drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “parlour”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| パーラー | パーラー paaraa | parlor; parlour; lounge |
| お家 | おいえ oie | parlour; living room |
| 応接間 | おうせつま ousetsuma | reception room; parlor; parlour |
| 応接室 | おうせつしつ ousetsushitsu | drawing room; parlour; parlor |
| 表座敷 | おもてざしき omotezashiki | front room; parlor; parlour |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 顧客 | こきゃく kokyaku | customer; client; patron |
| 観客 | かんきゃく kankyaku | spectator; audience |
| 乗客 | じょうきゃく joukyaku | passenger |
| 客観 | きゃっかん kyakkan | objectivity; objective; object (philosophical) |
| 客室 | きゃくしつ kyakushitsu | guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane) |
| 客席 | きゃくせき kyakuseki | guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi) |
| 時間 | じかん jikan | time |
| 人間 | にんげん ningen | human being; human; person |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.