茶 — kanji meaning “tea”
茶
tea
- Meanings
- tea
- On'yomi
- チャ (cha)、サ (sa)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- ちや
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #1116 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- chá — Chinese character page
Words with 茶
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| お茶 | おちゃ ocha | tea (esp. green or barley) |
| 紅茶 | こうちゃ koucha | black tea |
| 茶碗 | ちゃわん chawan | rice bowl; tea cup; teacup |
| 喫茶店 | きっさてん kissaten | coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge |
| 茶色 | ちゃいろ chairo | brown; light brown; tawny |
| 抹茶 | まっちゃ matcha | matcha; powdered green tea |
| 茶道 | さどう sadou | tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō |
| 茶の間 | ちゃのま chanoma | (Japanese-style) living room |
| 無茶 | むちゃ mucha | absurd; unreasonable; ridiculous |
| 喫茶 | きっさ kissa | tea drinking |
| 茶室 | ちゃしつ chashitsu | tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room |
| 茶屋 | ちゃや chaya | teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.