Hanja Analyzer
茶

茶 — da, cha

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
차 다, 차 차
Romanization
da, cha
English
tea
Mandarin
chá
Japanese on'yomi
チャ, サ, タ
Japanese kun'yomi
ちゃ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#1,116 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
艸 (140, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+8336

How 茶 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 茶 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 余.

Korean example words with 茶

  • 공차貢茶 Korean gloss: 공물로 바치는 차
  • 향다香茶 Korean gloss: 향기로운 차(茶)
  • 명차名茶 Korean gloss: 이름 있는 좋은 차
  • 행다行茶 Korean gloss: 차를 달이거나 마심
  • 동다東茶 Korean gloss: 한국 고유의 차(茶)
  • 적다摘茶 Korean gloss: 차(茶)의 싹을 따 냄
  • 찻종茶鍾 Korean gloss: 차를 따라 마시는 종지
  • 다업茶業 Korean gloss: 차를 만들거나 파는 영업
  • 다연茶煙 Korean gloss: 차를 달일 때 나는 연기
  • 다화茶話 Korean gloss: 차를 마시며 하는 이야기
  • 송차松茶 Korean gloss: 솔잎을 발효시켜 만든 차
  • 다로茶爐 Korean gloss: 차를 달이는 데 쓰는 화로

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 茶

  • 茶ちゃ tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation
  • お茶おちゃ tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime
  • 喫茶店きっさてん coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge
  • 紅茶こうちゃ black tea
  • 茶色ちゃいろ brown; light brown; tawny
  • 茶の間ちゃのま (Japanese-style) living room
  • 茶道さどう tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō
  • 茶屋ちゃや teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse
  • 喫茶きっさ tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom
  • 緑茶りょくちゃ green tea; Japanese tea
  • 茶室ちゃしつ tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room
  • 日常茶飯事にちじょうさはんじ everyday occurrence

Other hanja read “다”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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