咖kā
coffee; used in transliterations. 8 strokes, radical 口, first met in HSK 3.
Pinyin kāStrokes 8Radical 口Band HSK 3Words 1
How to write 咖
Strokes 1–3 write 口, then strokes 4–8 write 加.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 咖 · the stroke-order rules
What 咖 is made of
口 (kǒu, mouth) and 加 (jiā, to add to).
口 carries the meaning — mouth — and 加 carries the sound.
Words that use 咖
| 咖啡 | coffee 一种深棕色、提神的饮品 服务员为客人端来香浓咖啡。The waiter brought the guests a cup of fragrant coffee. Lesson 195, 商业洽谈与客户接待 · 商业贸易与金融投资 · Commerce, Financial Transactions & Market Trade |
Characters that share the sound part 加
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 口
All 80 of them, and what the radical means, on the 口 radical page.