The kanji 茶: meaning, readings and stroke order

茶

Meaning: tea
On reading: チャ cha、サ sa
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 9
Radical: 艸 grass
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: trà, chè (trà)
Japanese: おちゃ。
Korean: 차 (다·차)
Chinese: 茶

Readings, words and example sentences

チャ cha · on reading

お茶ちゃ
tea
母と お茶おちゃをのみます。
I drink tea with my mom.

サ sa · on reading

茶さ道どう
tea ceremony
母は 茶さ道どうをならっています。
My mom is learning the tea ceremony.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.