Where 啡 comes from
mouth
- Meaning part
- 口 (“mouth”)
- Sound part
- 非 (“to not be”)
How to write 啡 (fēi, “used in loanwords”)
啡 (fēi), an HSK 2 character, means “used in loanwords”. It is HSK 2 in the 2025 syllabus, down from level 3 in the 2021 standard. It pairs a meaning part, 口 (“mouth”), with a sound part, 非 (“to not be”). It is part of the HSK word 咖啡 (“(loanword) coffee”), and of 吗啡 (“morphine (loanword)”) and 咖啡因 (“caffeine (loanword)”). Japanese reads it hai, “morphine”.
- Pinyin
- fēi
- Strokes
- 11
- HSK
- 2
- Radical
- 口 (“mouth”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
As a left-right character it splits into 口 (“mouth”, the radical), strokes 1–3; 非 (“to not be”), strokes 4–11, written the left part first.
- top leftdownwards
- top leftrightwards → downwards
- leftrightwards
- topdownwards
- leftrightwards
- leftrightwards
- bottom leftrightwards
- topdownwards
- top rightrightwards
- rightrightwards
- rightrightwards
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| fēi first tone | (used in loanwords for its phonetic value) | — | 咖啡 吗啡 咖啡因 咖啡室 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 2
- 2021 standard
- level 3
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 2 word
- Words with it
- 27 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 啡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咖啡 | kāfēi | (loanword) coffee HSK 2 |
| 吗啡 嗎啡 | mǎfēi | morphine (loanword) |
| 咖啡因 | kāfēiyīn | caffeine (loanword) |
| 咖啡室 | kāfēishì | coffee shop |
| 咖啡师 咖啡師 | kāfēishī | barista |
| 咖啡店 | kāfēidiàn | café; coffee shop |
| 咖啡机 咖啡機 | kāfēijī | coffee machine; coffee maker |
| 咖啡色 | kāfēisè | coffee color; brown |
| 咖啡馆 咖啡館 | kāfēiguǎn | café; coffee shop |
| 黑咖啡 | hēikāfēi | black coffee |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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