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喀

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(onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting

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Strokes
12
Radical
口 +9
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
喀
Common rank
#1,600
Unicode
U+5580

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Formation & memory

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How 喀 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 客 sound ( kè )

Components 口 客

Words with 喀

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WordPinyinMeaning
新喀里多尼亚 Xīn Kā lǐ duō ní yà New Caledonia
马斯喀特 Mǎ sī kā tè Muscat, capital of Oman
喀斯特 kā sī tè (geology) (loanword) karst
喀布尔 Kā bù ěr Kabul, capital of Afghanistan
喀纳斯湖 Kā nà sī Hú Kanas Lake in Xinjiang
亚喀巴 Yà kā bā Aqaba (port city in Jordan)
达喀尔 Dá kā ěr Dakar, capital of Senegal
喀拉喀托火山 Kā lā kā tuō huǒ shān Krakatoa (volcanic island in Indonesia)
巴尔喀什湖 Bā ěr kā shí Hú Lake Balkhash in southeast Kazakhstan
喀什地区 Kā shí Dì qū Kashgar, prefecture in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自治区[Xin1 jiang1 Wei…
马拉喀什 Mǎ lā kā shí Marrakech (city in Morocco)
喀拉汗王朝 Kā lā hán Wáng cháo Karakhan dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
日喀则市 Rì kā zé Shì Xigazê, prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu…
喀拉拉邦 Kā lā lā bāng Kerala (state in India)
喀拉汗国 Kā lā Hán guó Karakhan Dynasty of central Asia, 8th-10th century
巴颜喀拉 Bā yán kā lā Bayankala mountain range in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, watershed of 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] Huang He…
喀喇沁左翼蒙古族自治县 Kā lǎ qìn Zuǒ yì Měng gǔ zú Zì zhì xiàn Harqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[Chao2 yang2], Liaoning
喀山 Kā shān Kazan
宗喀巴 Zōng kā bā Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Tibetan religious leader, founder of the Gelugpa school 格魯派|格鲁派[Ge…
喀什市 Kā shí Shì Kashgar, a county-level city in Kashgar City 喀什市[Ka1 shi2 Shi4], Xinjiang

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 客 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
客 sound part kè guest, traveller; customer
额 é forehead; quota, amount
髂 qià pelvis, hip bone