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Stroke order
Han character
茶 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸 +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿人木 (TOD ), four-corner 44904 , composition ⿳艹 𠆢 朩 (G V ) or ⿳艹 𠆢 木 (H T J K ))
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1029 , character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30915
Dae Jaweon: page 1488, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3207, character 2
Unihan data for U+8336
Central Bai
Noun
茶 (tɕa⁴⁴ )
hanzi from of tɕa⁴⁴ (tea )
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
斜
*lja, *laː
茶
*rlaː
荼
*rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː
梌
*rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
搽
*rlaː
塗
*rlaː, *l'aː
佘
*ɦlja
賒
*hljaː
畬
*hljaː, *la
舍
*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
捨
*hljaːʔ
騇
*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
涻
*hljaːs
稌
*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ
悇
*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las
庩
*l̥ʰaː
捈
*l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
途
*l'aː
酴
*l'aː
駼
*l'aː
鵌
*l'aː, *la
涂
*l'aː, *l'a
嵞
*l'aː
峹
*l'aː
筡
*l'aː, *l̥ʰa
蒤
*l'aː
徐
*lja
俆
*lja
敘
*ljaʔ
漵
*ljaʔ
除
*l'a, *l'as
篨
*rla
滁
*rla
蒢
*rla
蜍
*ɦlja, *la
鵨
*hljaː
瑹
*hlja
余
*la
餘
*la
艅
*la
狳
*la
雓
*la
悆
*las
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *rlaː ) : semantic 艸 + phonetic 余 ( OC *la) .
茶 originates as a graphical modification of archaic 荼 (OC *rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː , “bitter plant”), used for “tea” in classical sources.
Etymology
As tea may have originated from Sichuan , where the native Yi people speak Loloish languages , Sagart (1999) suggests that the Old Chinese item was possibly originally borrowed from Proto-Loloish *la¹ ( “ tea ” ) , from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la ( “ leaf; tea ” ) . Schuessler (2007) traces its ultimate origin to Proto-Austroasiatic *sla ( “ leaf ” ) (compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaʔ ).
Alternatively, Qiu (1988) suggests that it might be a semantic extension of 荼 (OC *l'aː , “bitter plant”).
Pronunciation
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Definitions
(deprecated template usage ) 茶
tea ( plant, leaves )
tea ( beverage made by infusing tea leaves in hot water )
綠茶 / 绿茶 ― lǜchá ― green tea
beverage ( in general )
涼茶 / 凉茶 ― liángchá ― Chinese herb tea
Chinese medicine
午時茶 / 午时茶 ― wǔshíchá ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
yum cha
早茶 ― zǎochá ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
( obsolete ) a moment ( the time it takes to drink a cup of tea )
( dialectal Mandarin , Cantonese , Gan , Xiang , Wu ) boiled or boiling water
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
茶 (“tea (drink)”)
[map]
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
茶 , 檟 , 蔎 , 茗 , 荈
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
茶
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
茶
Taiwan
茶
Harbin
茶
Malaysia
茶
Singapore
茶
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
茶
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
茶
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
茶
Wanrong
茶
Xi'an
茶
Xining
茶
Xuzhou
茶 , 茶葉茶
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
茶
Lanzhou
茶
Ürümqi
茶
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
茶
Wuhan
茶
Guiyang
茶
Guilin
茶
Liuzhou
茶
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
茶
Yangzhou
茶 , 茶葉茶
Nantong
茶葉茶
Hefei
茶
Cantonese
Guangzhou
茶
Hong Kong
茶
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
夷茶
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
茶
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
茶葉茶
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
茶葉茶
Macau
茶
Guangzhou (Panyu)
茶
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
茶
Guangzhou (Conghua)
茶
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
茶
Foshan
茶
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
茶
Foshan (Shunde)
茶
Foshan (Sanshui)
茶
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
茶
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
茶
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
茶
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
茶
Zhuhai (Doumen)
茶
Jiangmen (Baisha)
茶
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
茶
Taishan
茶
Kaiping (Chikan)
茶
Enping (Niujiang)
茶
Heshan (Yayao)
茶
Dongguan
茶
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
茶
Yangjiang
茶
Beihai
茶
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
茶
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
茶
Singapore (Guangfu)
茶
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
茶
Gan
Nanchang
茶 , 茶葉茶
Lichuan
茶
Pingxiang
茶
Hakka
Meixian
茶
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
茶
Dongguan (Qingxi)
茶
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
茶
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
茶
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
茶
Yudu
茶
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
茶
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
茶
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
茶
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
茶
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
茶
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
茶
Hong Kong
茶葉茶
Senai (Huiyang)
茶
Huizhou
Jixi
茶
Jin
Taiyuan
茶
Northern Min
Jian'ou
茶
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
茶
Fuqing
茶
Matsu
茶
Singapore (Fuqing)
茶
Southern Min
Xiamen
茶
Quanzhou
茶
Zhangzhou
茶
Taipei
茶
New Taipei (Sanxia)
茶
Kaohsiung
茶
Yilan
茶
Changhua (Lukang)
茶
Taichung
茶
Tainan
茶
Hsinchu
茶
Kinmen
茶
Penghu (Magong)
茶
Penang (Hokkien)
茶
Singapore (Hokkien)
茶
Manila (Hokkien)
茶
Chaozhou
茶
Shantou
茶
Shantou (Chenghai)
茶
Shantou (Chaoyang)
茶
Jieyang
茶
Haifeng
茶
Bangkok (Teochew)
茶
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
茶
Singapore (Teochew)
茶
Pontianak (Teochew)
茶
Leizhou
茶
Wenchang
茶
Haikou
茶
Singapore (Hainanese)
茶
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
茶
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
茶
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
茶
Wu
Shanghai
茶葉茶
Shanghai (Chongming)
茶葉茶
Suzhou
茶 , 茶葉茶
Danyang
茶 , 茶葉茶
Hangzhou
茶
Ningbo
茶 , 茶葉茶
Wenzhou
茶 , 茶葉茶
Jinhua
茶
Xiang
Changsha
茶 , 茶葉茶
Loudi
茶
Shuangfeng
茶
Dialectal synonyms of
開水 (“boiled water”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
開水
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
開水
Taiwan
開水
Harbin
開水
Malaysia
滾水 , 燒水
Singapore
白開水 , 開水
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
開水
Jinan
開水
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
開水
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
開水 , 滾水
Wanrong
滾水
Xi'an
開水
Xining
開水
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
滾水
Ürümqi
開水 , 滾水
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
開水 , 滾水
Wuhan
開水
Guiyang
開水
Guilin
開水
Liuzhou
開水
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
開水
Yangzhou
開水 , 茶
Xinghua
開水 , 滾水 , 透水
Hefei
開水
Cantonese
Guangzhou
滾水 , 茶
Hong Kong
滾水
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
滾水
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
滾水
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
滾水
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
滾水
Macau
滾水
Guangzhou (Panyu)
滾水
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
滾水
Guangzhou (Conghua)
滾水
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
滾水
Foshan
滾水
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
滾水
Foshan (Shunde)
滾水
Foshan (Sanshui)
滾水
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
滾水
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
滾水
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
滾水
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
滾水
Zhuhai (Doumen)
滾水
Jiangmen (Baisha)
滾水
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
滾水
Taishan
滾水
Kaiping (Chikan)
滾水
Enping (Niujiang)
滾水
Heshan (Yayao)
滾水
Dongguan
滾水
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
滾水
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
滾水
Qingyuan
滾水
Fogang
滾水
Yingde (Hanguang)
滾水
Yangshan
滾水
Lianshan (Butian)
滾水
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
滾水
Shaoguan
開水
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
滾水
Renhua
開心水
Lechang
開水
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
滾水
Sihui
滾水
Guangning
滾水
Deqing
滾水
Huaiji
滾水
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
滾水
Yunfu
滾水
Xinxing
滾水
Luoding
滾水
Yunan (Pingtai)
滾水
Yangjiang
滾水
Xinyi
滾水
Maoming (Xinpo)
滾水
Lianjiang
滾水
Wuchuan (Wuyang)
滾水
Nanning
滾水
Wuzhou
滾水
Yulin
滾水
Hepu (Lianzhou)
滾水
Guiping
開水
Mengshan (Xihe)
滾水
Guigang (Nanjiang)
滾水
Beiliu (Tangliao)
滾水
Baise
開水
Bobai
滾水
Lingshan
滾水
Pubei
滾水
Qinzhou
滾水
Beihai
滾水
Ningming
開水
Hengzhou
泡心水
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
開水
Gan
Nanchang
開水 , 茶
Pengze
滾水
Yanshan
濺水
Lichuan
開水 , 茶
Pingxiang
開水 , 茶
Hakka
Meixian
滾水 , 沸水 dated
Xingning
沸水
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
滾水
Huiyang
沸水
Huidong (Daling)
沸水
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
開水
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
沸水
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
沸水
Wuhua (Huacheng)
沸水 , 滾水
Wuhua (Changbu)
沸水
Wuhua (Mianyang)
沸水
Heyuan (Bendihua)
滾水
Wengyuan
滾水
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
滾開水
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
滾水
Liannan
滾水
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
滾水
Jiexi
滾水
Luhe
滾水
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
滾水
Changting
滾水
Wuping
滾水
Wuping (Yanqian)
茶 , 滾水
Wuping (Pingyu)
滾水
Liancheng
滾湯
Ninghua
滾水
Yudu
開水 , 滾湯 , 滾水
Ningdu
開水
Ruijin
煎湯
Shicheng
滾水 , 煎水
Shangyou (Shexi)
爆水
Tonggu (Sandu)
開水
Ganzhou (Panlong)
開水
Dayu
翻心水
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
滾水
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
滾水
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
滾水
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
滾水
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
滾水
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
滾水
Hong Kong
沸水
Yangxi (Tangkou)
滾水
Yangchun (Sanjia)
滾水
Xinyi (Sihe)
滾水
Xinyi (Qianpai)
滾水
Gaozhou (Xindong)
滾水 , 開水
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
滾水
Huazhou (Xin'an)
滾水
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
滾水
Lianjiang (Qingping)
滾水
Mengshan (Xihe)
滾水
Luchuan
滾水
Luchuan (Daqiao)
開水
Beiliu (Tang'an)
開水
Mashan (Pianlian)
開水
Senai (Huiyang)
滾水 , 沸水 dated
Singkawang
滾水
Huizhou
Jixi
滾水 , 開水
Jin
Taiyuan
開水 , 滾水
Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)
開水 , 熬水
Xinzhou
滾水
Northern Min
Jian'ou
滾湯 , 開水
Jian'ou (Dikou)
滾湯
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
滾湯
Pucheng (Shibei)
沸水 , 茶
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
開水 , 滾湯
Gutian
開水
Southern Min
Xiamen
滾水
Quanzhou
滾水
Zhangzhou
滾水
Taipei
白茶 , 滾水
New Taipei (Sanxia)
滾水
Kaohsiung
滾水
Yilan
滾水
Changhua (Lukang)
滾水
Taichung
滾水
Tainan
滾水
Hsinchu
滾水
Kinmen
滾水
Penghu (Magong)
滾水
Penang (Hokkien)
滾水
Singapore (Hokkien)
滾水
Manila (Hokkien)
滾水
Pingnan (Shangdu)
開水
Guilin (Biyange)
滾水
Chaozhou
滾水
Shantou
滾水
Shantou (Chenghai)
滾水
Jieyang
滾水
Haifeng
滾水
Leizhou
沸水
Wenchang
沸水
Haikou
沸水
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
沸水
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
滾水
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
開水
Guilin (Liutang, Lingui)
開水
Lingchuan (Sanjie)
開水
Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)
開水
Shehua
Fu'an
沸水
Fuding
沸水
Luoyuan
沸水
Sanming
沸水
Shunchang
沸水
Hua'an
沸水
Guixi (Zhangping)
沸水
Cangnan
沸水
Jingning (Hexi)
沸水
Lishui
沸水
Longyou
沸湯
Chaozhou
滾水
Fengshun
滾水
Waxiang
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
開水
Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
開水
Luxi (Liangjiatan)
開水
Wu
Shanghai
開水 , 茶水 , 滾水 , 滾湯
Shanghai (Chongming)
茶
Suzhou
開水 , 茶 , 滾水
Danyang
開水 , 滾水 , 茶
Hangzhou
開水
Ningbo
開水 , 滾水 , 茶
Wenzhou
開水 , 茶湯
Jinhua
開水 , 滾湯 , 茶
Xiang
Changsha
開水 , 茶 , 滾水子
Loudi
開水 , 滾水
Shuangfeng
開水
Quanzhou
開水
Qinglong (Changliu Laba Miao)
開水 , 滾水
Compounds
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Descendants
Others:
(deprecated template usage )
Japanese
Kanji
茶
(Second grade kyōiku kanji )
tea
Readings
Compounds
Etymology
茶 (cha ): a cup of tea .
From various dialects of Middle Chinese 茶 (MC drae ). Compare modern Mandarin reading chá , Hakka chhà , Cantonese caa4 .
Pronunciation
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Noun
茶( ちゃ ) • (cha )
tea ( not used in isolation in modern Japanese )
brown
Usage notes
This term is not used on its own in modern Japanese. For the tea sense, this is used either with the honorific prefix お ( o- ) , or in a compound such as 茎茶 ( kukicha , literally “ stem tea ” ) or 緑茶 ( ryokucha , “ green tea ” ) .
お茶( ちゃ ) はいかがですか。 Ocha wa ikaga desuka. How about some tea? (Would you like some tea?)
For the brown sense, this is used with the color suffix 色 ( -iro ) , as in 茶色 ( chairo , “ brown ” , literally “ tea color ” ) .
Synonyms
Descendants
→ Ainu: チャ ( ca )
→ Nivkh: ча ( ț’a )
See also
References
Korean
Hanja
茶 • (da, cha ) (hangeul 다 , 차 , revised da, cha, McCune–Reischauer ta, ch'a, Yale ta, cha)
tea
Vietnamese
Han character
(deprecated template usage ) 茶 (trà , chè )
tea