噶霏
gá​fēi

coffee

噶 gá, gé used in transliterations

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 葛 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
葛
葛 Sound component
gé, gě edible bean

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

霏 fēi falling of snow and rain

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain

rain

非
非 Sound component
fēi not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰɯl
Unicodepiəi

說文解字

雨雲皃。从雨非聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)