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Chinese symbol for “coffee”

咖啡
kā fēi
(loanword) coffee; measure word: 杯 (bēi)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for coffee is 咖啡 (kā fēi), defined as: (loanword) coffee; measure word: 杯 (bēi).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

咖 kā
coffee; used in transliterations
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
啡 fēi
coffee; morphine
radical 30 ⼝ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “coffee”

WordPinyinMeaning
咖kā(bound form) coffee; café (abbr. for 咖啡 (kā fēi)); (Tw) (bound form) type of person (esp. in entertainment contexts) (loanword from "cast") (as in 大咖 (dà kā) and 怪咖 (guài kā))
咖逼kā bī(coll.) coffee (loanword) (Tw)
噶霏gá fēicoffee (loanword) (old)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 咖啡.

WordPinyinMeaning
咖啡馆 (咖啡館)kā fēi guǎncafé; coffee shop; measure word: 家 (jiā)
咖啡店kā fēi diàncafé; coffee shop
咖啡厅 (咖啡廳)kā fēi tīngcoffee shop
咖啡因kā fēi yīncaffeine (loanword)
咖喱gā lí(loanword) curry
吗啡 (嗎啡)mǎ fēimorphine (loanword)

See also: Japanese symbol for “coffee”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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