Kanji1 / 9
茶 kanji
tea
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
チャサ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 茶
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —草庵風茶室rustic tea house made out of a thatched hut
- —茶腹も一時anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time
- —埋め茶女郎low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)
- —紅茶キノコkombucha; drink of northern Chinese origin made by fermentation of sweetened tea
- —さんぴん茶jasmine tea
- —湯飲み茶碗teacup (small, without a handle)
- —日本三大茶three greatest teas of Japan (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha)
- —茶柱が立つa tea stalk floats upright in one's cup (considered a sign of good luck)
- —ロシア紅茶tea flavoured with jam
- —茶色っぽいbrownish
- —お茶を挽くto have no customers (of a geisha, prostitute, etc.); to have no engagements
- —ブレンド茶blended tea
- —茶々を入れるto interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
- —ジャスミン茶jasmine tea
- —茶翅ゴキブリGerman cockroach (Blattella germanica)
- —紅茶道具一式tea set; tea service
- —お茶を入れるto make tea
- —コーヒー茶碗coffee cup
- —日本紅茶協会Japan Tea Association
- —アラビア茶の木khat tree (Catha edulis); qat tree