茶

Meaning

Tea · té

Readings

• On (音読み): チャ・サ
• Kun (訓読み): —

Example words

• お茶（おちゃ）— tea (green tea)
• 茶色（ちゃいろ）— brown
• 喫茶店（きっさてん）— café; tea room

Structure

Radical 艸 written as 艹 here (くさかんむり · Grass, plant) · 9 strokes · school grade 2

Watch out

お茶 alone means green tea; black tea is 紅茶 (こうちゃ, "red tea") — not the Spanish té rojo (pu-erh). 茶色 = brown, as castaño comes from castaña. サ appears in 喫茶店 with sokuon: きっさてん.