啡 meaning and stroke order
Coffee; morphine
How to write 啡, stroke by stroke
11 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 啡
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (used in loanwords for its phonetic value)
How 啡 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mouth.
口 gives the meaning and 非 hints at the sound.
Radical: 口 (mouth), shared by 428 characters on this site.
How to remember 啡
啡 is pictophonetic: 口 (mouth) on the left marks a sound-borrowed character, and 非 (fēi) on the right gives the sound. Picture a mouth saying "fēi" as it sips coffee.
啡 almost never appears alone. It is used for its sound in loanwords, mostly 咖啡 (kāfēi, coffee) and its compounds, plus 吗啡 (mǎfēi, morphine). Example: 我想喝一杯咖啡。(Wǒ xiǎng hē yì bēi kāfēi.) I want to drink a cup of coffee.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 非 alone or forget the 口 on the left, since both read fēi. In 咖啡 both characters take 口, so check that 咖 and 啡 each have a mouth radical.
Common words with 啡
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
啡 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 啡
How many strokes are in 啡?
啡 is written with 11 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 啡 mean?
啡 (fēi) means coffee; morphine. A common word with it is 咖啡 (kāfēi), meaning "(loanword) coffee".
How do you pronounce 啡?
啡 is pronounced fēi, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 啡?
The radical of 啡 is 口, which carries the idea of "mouth". Dictionaries list 啡 under this radical.
Is 啡 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 啡 is part of the HSK 3 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Can 啡 be used by itself to mean coffee?
No. On its own 啡 has no meaning. You need the full word 咖啡 (kāfēi), or a compound like 咖啡馆 (kāfēiguǎn, café).
Is the 啡 in 咖啡 pronounced with a neutral tone?
The standard pronunciation is kāfēi with two first tones. In fast everyday speech the second syllable can sound lighter, but learners should say fēi clearly.