喀 meaning and stroke order
To vomit; used in transliterations
How to write 喀, stroke by stroke
12 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 喀
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (onom.) sound of coughing or vomiting
How 喀 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Mouth.
口 gives the meaning and 客 hints at the sound.
Radical: 口 (mouth), shared by 428 characters on this site.
How to remember 喀
A mouth 口 next to a guest 客 (kè): picture a guest at dinner who coughs out a loud kā. The 口 tells you it is a mouth sound, and 客 hints at the pronunciation.
喀 (kā) is mostly an onomatopoeia for coughing, retching, or a sharp clicking sound, and it often appears doubled or in sound words like 喀嚓 (kāchā, snap or crack). It is also common in transliterated place names, for example 喀什 (Kāshí, Kashgar) and 喀麦隆 (Kāmàilóng, Cameroon). Example: 树枝喀嚓一声断了。(Shùzhī kāchā yì shēng duàn le.) The branch snapped with a crack.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes read 喀 as kè because of the phonetic part 客, but the standard reading is first tone kā. Also do not confuse it with 咯 (gē, lo, kǎ), which has 各 instead of 客 on the right and is used in 咯血 (kǎxiě, to cough up blood).
喀 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 喀
How many strokes are in 喀?
喀 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 喀 mean?
喀 (kā) means to vomit; used in transliterations.
How do you pronounce 喀?
喀 is pronounced kā, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 喀?
The radical of 喀 is 口, which carries the idea of "mouth". Dictionaries list 喀 under this radical.
Is 喀 used as an everyday word for vomiting?
Not really. For vomiting people normally say 吐 (tù) or 呕吐 (ǒutù). 喀 mainly imitates the sound of coughing or retching, or appears in foreign names.
What common names use 喀?
You will see it in 喀什 (Kāshí, Kashgar in Xinjiang), 喀麦隆 (Kāmàilóng, Cameroon), and 喀布尔 (Kābù'ěr, Kabul). In these names it simply stands for the sound ka.