Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

1116 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: tea

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: チャ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くさかんむり

Meaning: grass

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(こうちゃ)   black tea

(りょくちゃ)   green tea

色(ちゃいろ)   brown

(おちゃ)   tea

の湯(ちゃのゆ)   tea ceremony

店(きっさてん)   coffee shop

道(さどう)   Way of Tea

Onyomi Examples

チャ tea, tea plant (Camellia sinensis), tea preparation, making tea, brown, mockery

チャイロ brown, light brown, tawny

センチャ green tea, green leaf tea, non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha), medium-grade green tea

マッチャ matcha, powdered green tea

サドウ tea ceremony, Way of Tea, sadō

サテン tea house

キッサ tea drinking, teahouse, tearoom, coffee lounge, coffee shop, (rather formal) cafe

歌声喫 ウタゴエキッサ utagoe coffeehouse, sing-along tearoom, coffee shop in which customers can sing in chorus accompanied by a band