音読み: チャ・サ
訓読み: none *
画数: 9
部首: くさかんむり（艹）
Meaning
Tea / Tea plant
- お茶 — tea
- 紅茶 — black tea
- 緑茶 — green tea
- 茶色 — brown
- 茶店 — teahouse
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- 茶番 — farce, absurd play
- 茶目っ気 — playfulness, mischievousness
- 茶室 — tea room
- 茶道 — tea ceremony
The top radical 艹 indicates a plant, and the rest of the kanji gives phonetic hints. 茶 refers to the tea plant and tea as a drink, and it appears in everyday life as well as traditional culture.