漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
茶: tea
JLPT N49 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 余 gives the sound
9 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
チャcha · on'yomi · in compounds
- 紅茶こうちゃblack tea
- 緑茶りょくちゃgreen tea
- 茶色ちゃいろbrown
- お茶おちゃtea
- 茶の湯ちゃのゆtea ceremony
サsa · on'yomi
- 喫茶店きっさてんcoffee shop
- 茶道さどうWay of Tea
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)艸, as 艹 (meaning) + 余 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 茶 (rev. 92201515), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass radical + person/roof + tree = a forest plant harvested by people to make a refreshing drink.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
余
Also built on too much (余)
The 余 family reads ジョ (jo); 茶 is read チャ、サ.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side茶 tea · 余
vs茉 jasmine · 末In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chá
Same form: 茶 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 茶 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 茶 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chá most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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