Where 茶 comes from
plant
- Meaning part
- 艹 (“grass”)
How to write 茶 (chá, “tea”)
茶 (chá), an HSK 1 character, means “tea” and “tea plant”. It is a character whose parts combine into its meaning. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 奶茶 (“milk tea”), 红茶 (“black tea”) and 绿茶 (“green tea”). Japanese reads it cha, “tea”, as a JLPT N4 kanji.
- Pinyin
- chá
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 艹 (“grass”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
As a top-bottom character it splits into 艹 (“grass”, the radical), strokes 1–3; 人木, strokes 4–9, written the top first.
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑top leftdown and right → downwards
- Vertical ㇑topdown and right → downwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒topdown and left
- Right-falling stroke ㇏topdown and right → rightwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑centerdownwards → up and left
- Left-falling stroke ㇒bottom leftdown and left
- Dot ㇔bottomdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 9 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
Trace it
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| chá second tone | tea; tea plant | — | 奶茶 红茶 绿茶 茶叶 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
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- Words with it
- 103 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 茶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 茶 | chá | tea; tea plant HSK 1 |
| 奶茶 | nǎichá | milk tea HSK 2 |
| 红茶 紅茶 | hóngchá | black tea HSK 2 |
| 绿茶 綠茶 | lǜchá | green tea HSK 2 |
| 茶叶 茶葉 | cháyè | tea; tea leaves HSK 4 |
| 喝茶 | hēchá | to drink tea; to get engaged |
| 早茶 | zǎochá | morning tea |
| 果茶 | guǒchá | fruit tea |
| 热茶 熱茶 | rèchá | hot tea |
| 白茶 | báichá | white tea |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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