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The character "啡" originated as a phonetic borrowing in Chinese, utilized to approximate sounds from foreign languages, with its construction featuring the mouth radical (口) alongside the phonetic component "非" to denote its sound-based function. Initially infrequent in classical texts, it gained prominence through its incorporation into transliterated terms like "咖啡" for coffee and "嗎啡" for morphine, which solidified its semantic association with these imported substances. This shift from a peripheral phonetic symbol to a standard element in modern compound words illustrates how the character's meaning and application were shaped by linguistic contact and lexical need, without significant alteration to its written form.
Example Sentences Hide
我喜欢喝咖啡。
这杯咖啡很热。
他每天喝咖啡。
咖啡店在哪里？
我买了一杯咖啡。
咖啡有助于提神。
这种咖啡味道不错。
咖啡馆里弥漫着咖啡香。