# 咖

| 咖 | U+5496, &#21654; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5496 |
| ← 咕 [U+5495] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 咗 → [U+5497] |

## Translingual
### Han character

咖 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口大尸口 (RKSR), four-corner 6600$_0$, composition ⿰口加)

#### Derived characters

* 𨔗

#### References

* 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
### Glyph origin

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

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kā (ka$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kâ
* Eastern Min (BUC): gă
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ka / ko
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gia$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$kha
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kā
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ka
*** Wade–Giles: kʻa$^1$
*** Yale: kā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ka
*** Palladius: ка (ka)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaa$^3$
*** Yale: ga
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ga$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaː³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: ga$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ga$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ka²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gă
*** Sinological IPA : /ka⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
*** Tâi-lô: ka
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko
*** Tâi-lô: ko
*** Phofsit Daibuun: koy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ko³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴/
* ka - literary;
* ko - vernacular.

#### Definitions

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

#### Compounds

* 冰咖
* 咖啡 (kāfēi)
* 咖啡因 (kāfēiyīn)
* 咖啡店 (kāfēidiàn)
* 咖啡座
* 咖啡色 (kāfēisè)
* 咖啡鹼／咖啡碱 (kāfēijiǎn)
* 咖嗶丁／咖哔丁
* 咖色
* 咖農／咖农
* 啡咖
* 奶咖 ($^6$na-kha) (Wu)
* 網咖／网咖 (wǎngkā)
* 網路咖啡／网路咖啡
* 苦咖

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gā, kā (ga$^1$, ka$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄚ, ㄎㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ka
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$ka
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gā
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ga
*** Wade–Giles: ka$^1$
*** Yale: gā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ga
*** Palladius: га (ga)
*** Sinological IPA : /kä⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kā
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ka
*** Wade–Giles: kʻa$^1$
*** Yale: kā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ka
*** Palladius: ка (ka)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaa$^3$
*** Yale: ga
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaa$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ga$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaː³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ka
*** Tâi-lô: ka
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaf
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ka⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ka³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ka⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ka⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$ka
*** MiniDict: ka$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$ka
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ka⁵³/

#### Definitions

咖
* Only used in 咖喱 (gālí) and 咖哩 (kālǐ).

### Etymology 3

From Hokkien 跤 (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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kā (ka$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kā
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ka
*** Wade–Giles: kʻa$^1$
*** Yale: kā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ka
*** Palladius: ка (ka)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰä⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

咖
* (chiefly Taiwan, slang) character; role (clarification of this definition is needed)

#### Compounds

* 大咖 (dàkā)
* 小咖 (xiǎokā)
* 怪咖 (guàikā)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kā (ka$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kā
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ka
*** Wade–Giles: kʻa$^1$
*** Yale: kā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ka
*** Palladius: ка (ka)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰä⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

咖
* Only used in 咖咖.

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiā (jia$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiā
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jia
*** Wade–Giles: chia$^1$
*** Yale: jyā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jia
*** Palladius: цзя (czja)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

咖
* The meaning of this term is uncertain.

### References

* “咖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: け (ke)
* Kan-on: か (ka)

#### Compounds

* 咖(カ)哩(レー) (karē, “curry”)

## Korean
### Hanja

咖 (eum 가 (ga))
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