咖

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咖 U+5496, 咖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5496
← 咕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 咗 →

Translingual

Han character

咖 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口大尸口 (RKSR), four-corner 66000, composition ⿰口加)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 185, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3523
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 610, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5496

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 加 (OC *kraːl).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 咖

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ka - literary;
  • ko - vernacular.

Definitions

咖

  1. Only used in 咖啡 (kāfēi); also used as its short form.

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 咖

Pronunciation

Definitions

咖

  1. Only used in 咖喱 (gālí) and 咖哩 (kālǐ).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 咖
alternative forms ㄎㄚ

From Hokkien 跤 (kha), shortened from 跤數／跤数 (kha-siàu, “character; guy”), probably with influence from Mandarin 腳色／脚色 (juésè, “character”).

Alternatively, from English cast.

Pronunciation

Definitions

咖

  1. (chiefly Taiwan, slang) character; role (clarification of this definition is needed)

Compounds

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.
 咖

Pronunciation

Definitions

咖

  1. Only used in 咖咖.

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.
 咖

Pronunciation

Definitions

咖

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

References

Japanese

Kanji

咖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: け (ke)
  • Kan-on: か (ka)

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

咖 (eum 가 (ga))

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