茶筅

Chinese

		tea; tea plant	bamboo brush for utensils
trad. (茶筅)		茶	筅
simp. #(茶筅)		茶	筅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháxiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháxiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄚˊ ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chásiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻa²-hsien³
    • Yale: chá-syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charshean
    • Palladius: часянь (časjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

茶筅

1. (literary, historical) a kind of tea utensil
2. (literary, historical) broom used to clean tea utensils

Japanese

Kanji in this term
茶	筅
ちゃ Grade: 2	せん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
茶筌

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

茶(ちゃ)筅(せん) • (chasen) 

1. a tea whisk (a bamboo whisk for making tea)
2. hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle at the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)

References

• Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Server