coffee

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

加 sound component

  Sound component

jiā

  

add

Definitions

 

coffee; a phonetic; class; grade

Most common words with 咖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

咖啡

coffee (loanword)

coffee

咖啡店

café

咖喱

curry (loanword)

咖啡因

caffeine (loanword)