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咖

kā

gā

  1. used in 咖喱[ga1 li2]

kā · gaa3 (Jyutping)

  1. (bound form) coffee; café (abbr. for 咖啡[ka1 fei1])
  2. (Tw) (bound form) type of person (esp. in entertainment contexts) (loanword from "cast") (as in 大咖[da4 ka1] and 怪咖[guai4 ka1])

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Character breakdown

咖

Meaning
coffee; a phonetic
Radical
口
Strokes
8
Components
⿰口加
Cangjie
RKSR
Four-corner
6600.0

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