咖

咖 U+5496, 咖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5496
← 咕
[U+5495] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 咗 →
[U+5497]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

  • 𨔗

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 咖

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Definitions

咖

  1. Only used in 咖啡 (kāfēi).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

咖

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

Etymology 3

From Min Nan 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. character; role (clarification of this definition is needed)

Compounds

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Definitions

咖

  1. Only used in 咖咖.

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Definitions

咖

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

Japanese

Kanji

咖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): か (ka)

Korean

Hanja

咖 • (ga) (hangeul 가, McCune–Reischauer ka)

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