茶 — Chinese character
茶
chá
tea; tea leaves; tea plant
- Pinyin
- chá
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 艹 人 木
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹
- Japanese
- 茶 as a kanji
Common words with 茶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茶叶 (茶葉) | chá yè | tea; tea leaves |
| 喝茶 | hē chá | to drink tea; to get engaged |
| 奶茶 | nǎi chá | milk tea |
| 绿茶 (綠茶) | lǜ chá | green tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating and manipulative; a girl who has these qualities |
| 红茶 (紅茶) | hóng chá | black tea; measure word: 杯 (bēi), 壶 (hú) |
| 茶馆 (茶館) | chá guǎn | teahouse; measure word: 家 (jiā) |
| 茶水 | chá shuǐ | tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves |
| 茶壶 (茶壺) | chá hú | teapot; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 下午茶 | xià wǔ chá | afternoon tea (light afternoon meal, typically pastries with tea or coffee) |
| 茶道 | chá dào | Japanese tea ceremony; sado |
| 茶几 | chá jī | small side table; coffee table |
| 茶具 | chá jù | tea set; tea service |
English words written with 茶
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.