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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
- —古茶last year's tea
- —口茶adding more tea; adding fresh leaves to used ones in a teapot
- —黒茶deep brown; dark tea (e.g. Chinese pu'er tea); fermented tea
- —煎茶green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha); medium-grade green tea
- —茶巾tea cloth; tea napkin
- —茶筅tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
- —茶会tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
- —茶器tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
- —茶杓bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea; tea ladle
- —茶袋teabag
- —茶柱upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)
- —茶筒tea caddy
- —茶畑tea plantation; tea field
- —茶髪hair dyed brown; brown-dyed hair
- —茶番farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
- —茶舗tea store
- —茶目playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp; rascal; brown eyes
- —点茶preparing powdered tea (at a tea ceremony)
- —番茶coarse tea
- —粉茶powdered (green) tea