茶

See also 苶, and 荼

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

茶 (radical 140 艸+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿人木 (TOD), four-corner 4490₄, composition ⿳艹人木){{#if:艸|[[Category:Han characters}}|艸06茶]]

1. tea

References

• KangXi: page 1029, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30915
• Dae Jaweon: page 1488, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3207, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8336

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Cantonese

Hanzi

茶 (Yale cha4)

1. Tea

Compounds

• 普餌茶, w:Pu-erh tea

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Japanese

Kanji

茶 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. (beverage): tea

Readings

• On: ちゃ (cha), さ (sa), た (ta)
• Kun: ちゃ (cha)

Compounds

• 御茶, お茶 (おちゃ, ocha)
• 紅茶 (こうちゃ, kōcha) black tea
• 緑茶 (りょくちゃ, ryokucha) green tea
• 喫茶店 (きっさてん, kissaten) tearoom; café
• 抹茶 (まっちゃ, matcha, “matcha, powdered green tea”)

See also

• 湯 (ゆ, yu): hot water or tea

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Korean

Hanja

茶 (hangeul 다, 차, revised da, cha, McCune-Reischauer ta, ch'a, Yale ta, cha)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

茶

Pronunciation

• audio

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Hanzi

茶 (pinyin chá (cha2), Wade-Giles ch'a²)

Noun

茶 (simplified, Pinyin chá)

1. tea

Compounds

• 茶湯
• 茶汤
• 桂花茶
• 紅茶
• 红茶
• 菊花茶
• 綠茶
• 绿茶
• 茉莉花茶
• 板蓝根茶
• 小儿感冒茶
• 九节茶
• 儿茶
• 普洱茶, w:Pu-erh tea

See also

• 茗

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ te˧˥ ]

Noun

茶 (traditional and simplified, POJ tê)

1. tea

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Shanghainese

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ zo˨˧ ]

Noun

茶 zo

1. tea

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Vietnamese

Han character

茶 (trà)