咖
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(bound form) coffee; café (abbr. for 咖啡[ka1 fei1]); (Tw) (bound form) type of person (esp. in entertainment contexts) (loanword from "cast") (as in 大咖[da4 ka1] and 怪咖[guai4 ka1])
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 口 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 咖
- Common rank
- #1,647
- Unicode
- U+5496
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Formation & memory
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Words with 咖
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大咖 | (coll.) major figure; celebrity; big shot | |
| 卡布其诺咖啡 | cappuccino coffee | |
| 网咖 | Internet café | |
| 咖位 | (coll.) prestige; level of prominence (esp. in the entertainment industry, from 大咖[da4 ka1… | |
| 美式咖啡 | caffè americano | |
| 无咖啡因 | decaffeinated; decaf | |
| 摩卡咖啡 | mocha coffee | |
| 咖啡馆儿 | erhua form of 咖啡館|咖啡馆[ka1 fei1 guan3] | |
| 脱咖啡因 | decaffeinated; decaf; see also 無咖啡因|无咖啡因[wu2 ka1 fei1 yin1] | |
| 咖啡机 | coffee machine; coffee maker | |
| 拿铁咖啡 | caffè latte | |
| 咖啡色 | coffee color; brown | |
| 黑咖啡 | black coffee | |
| 怪咖 | (Tw) (slang) oddball; eccentric person; weirdo | |
| 跑咖 | (Tw) (neologism) to go to a coffee shop | |
| 猫咖 | cat café | |
| 咖啡师 | barista | |
| 玩咖 | (slang) player; playboy; party guy | |
| 冰咖啡 | iced coffee | |
| 咖啡豆 | coffee beans |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 加 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 加 sound part | to add to, to increase, to augment | |
| 架 | frame, rack, stand; to prop up | |
| 驾 | to drive, to ride, to sail; carriage, cart | |
| 嘉 | excellent; joyful; auspicious | |
| 伽 | temple; used to transliterations | |
| 茄 | eggplant | |
| 迦 | used in transliterations | |
| 痂 | scab | |
| 枷 | the stocks, a cangue scaffold | |
| 瘸 | lameness; paralysis of the hands or legs | |
| 跏 | to squat, to sit cross-legged | |
| 袈 | Buddhist cassock | |
| 笳 | reed whistle |