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Meanings

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gā
  1. 1.used in 咖喱[gā lí]
kā
  1. 1.(bound form) coffee; café (abbr. for 咖啡[kā fēi])
  2. 2.(Tw) (bound form) type of person (esp. in entertainment contexts) (loanword from "cast") (as in 大咖[dà kā] and 怪咖[guài kā])

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.only used in 咖啡 (kāfēi); also used as its short form
  2. 2.only used in 咖喱 (gālí) and 咖哩 (kālǐ)
  3. 3.character; role
  4. 4.only used in 咖咖
  5. 5.The meaning of this term is uncertain.

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Etymology

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

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Stroke order

Components

咖口加

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

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Derived terms

冰咖咖啡咖啡因咖啡店咖啡座咖啡色咖啡鹼咖啡碱咖嗶丁咖哔丁咖色咖農咖农啡咖奶咖 (6na-kha)網咖网咖網路咖啡网路咖啡苦咖大咖小咖怪咖

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Related words

咖啡 (loanword) coffee咖位 (coll.) prestige; level of prominence (esp. in the entertainment industry, from 大咖[dà kā])怪咖 (Tw) (slang) oddball; eccentric person; weirdo咖喱 (loanword) curry咖哩 (Tw) (loanword) curry猫咖 cat café咖逼 (coll.) coffee (loanword) (Tw)大咖 (coll.) major figure; celebrity; big shot网咖 Internet caféA咖 (coll.) A-list; top-tier跑咖 (Tw) (neologism) to go to a coffee shop玩咖 (slang) player; playboy; party guy