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Malachi G Daniel
Malachi G Daniel
5 years ago

This is 非 with a 口 radical, so you can remember the pinyin will be fei for this.

Kathryn Yep
Kathryn Yep
5 years ago

It looks like an apple next to a worm

Charlotte LaGasse
Charlotte LaGasse
4 years ago

The right part looks like a cup of coffee with slots for your fingers for better grip.

Meeera
Meeera
1 year ago

To recall writing the character 啡, you can think of it as a combination of two components: 口 (kǒu) meaning “mouth” and 非 (fēi) representing the sound “fēi”. Start with the 口 shape and add the 非 shape inside. This character is pronounced as “fēi” in Mandarin Chinese, just like the word for “coffee” (kāfēi). So, think of 啡 as a visual representation of the sound and concept of coffee! ☕️

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NYU Abu Dhabi
Pavel
Pavel
1 year ago

mouth + coffee bean = fei.

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NYU Shanghai
Henry Stewart
Henry Stewart
1 year ago

You use your mouth to blow on the hot coffee, and the second part of the character looks like a coffee plant with the beans growing on it.

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NYU Shanghai
Brenna
Brenna
1 month ago

it might be cool to remember if you keep in mind the mouth radical on the right and imagine a worm that has six legs growing from the size on the left.

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NYU Shanghai
Julie
Julie
1 month ago

This is a bit abstract, but this character looks like a coffee bean (left part) that is being turned into ground coffeee by the right character, with the strands looking like grinding blades!

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NYU Shanghai
Andrew Teh
Andrew Teh
1 month ago

It looks like the cup that coffee is usually in with the 口 radical looking like the handle and the other side looking like the cylinder part of the cup.

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NYU Shanghai