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U+5496, 咖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5496

[U+5495]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5497]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (mouth) + phonetic (OC *kraːl).

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.

Pronunciation

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

Definitions

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

Compounds

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Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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

Etymology 3

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms ㄎㄚ

From Hokkien (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

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Definitions

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

Compounds

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Etymology 4

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simp. and trad.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. Only used in 咖咖.

Etymology 5

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simp. and trad.

Pronunciation

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Definitions

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  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain.

References

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • Go-on: (ke)
  • Kan-on: (ka)

Compounds

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Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (ga))

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