客
ke4Mathews: 3324
Dictionary Definition
No detailed glossary definition available for this character.
Concordance & Context (2 occurrences)
6th Line★
visitors, guests, callers; visit
入于穴，有不速之客三人來，敬之終吉。
Entering into a pit
With no invitations extended to visitors, three people arrive
To attend to them will end in good fortune
Stats: 40+6Hapax Legomenon
Xiao Xiang 6
visitors
不速之客來，敬之終吉。雖不當位，未大失也。
05.6x With no invitations extended, visitors arrive
To attend to them will end in good fortune:
Although not a proper situation
Still less than a major mishap
Homophones (ke)
可ke3(to) accept, accommodate, adapt, approve, admit, allow, ask, bear (with), befit, call (for, out, up), consent (to), incite, incur, indicate, suit, invite, permit, prescribe, submit, tolerate, (s, ed, ing); (to be) able, about, acceptable, amenable, accommodating, all right, appropriate, apt, asked, befitting, called (for), calling, competent, conducive, convenient, capable, deserving, due, easy, enough, fit, fitting, friendly, good, likely, possible, potential, inclined, inviting, proper, ready, right, satisfactory, sufficient, suggesting, suitable, suited, welcome, willing, worthy (of, to, for); (that, which) can, could, may, might, should [conditionally] (be); can (then) be; can/may ... be; to need/be worth doing; may there be; easily; -able. Ke3 is sometimes legitimately but more often mistakenly glossed as Ke4 (3320) or Neng2 (4648), both of which imply the power to overcome circumstances rather than the more passive capacity or power to enter, adapt to and incorporate them克ke4can, can do, can manage, can master; (to be, is, are) able, capable, fit, competent, adequate, willing, possible, equal, up (of, for, to); self- controlled; (to) conquer, overcome, manage, subdue, vanquish, dominate, crush, capture, sustain, master, win, command, control, predominate, enable, allow, support, carry, restrain, set a limit (s, ed, ing); (a, the) capacity, skill, power, ability, abilities, competence, command (of); adequacy, fitness (to); adequacy, fitness; exploit, conquest 431
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