茶

Derived characters

 * 嗏 搽 𦴶 𣗪 𤨓 𦷨 𤯊 𥧣 𦓅 𫅷 𫉕 𮥗 𥻹 𨃓 𨢕 𨪩 𩴊 𪄦 𬞠

Glyph origin
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茶 originates as a graphical modification of archaic, used for “tea” in classical sources.

Etymology
As tea may have originated from Sichuan, where the native speak,  suggests that the Old Chinese item was possibly originally borrowed from , from. traces its ultimate origin to 🇨🇬 (in Sidwell's 2024 reconstruction).

Alternatively, suggests that it might be a semantic extension of.

Definitions

 * 1) tea plant, leaves
 * 2) tea beverage made by infusing tea leaves in hot water
 * 3) certain kinds of beverage or liquid food
 * 4) Chinese medicine
 * 5) yum cha
 * 6)  a moment the time it takes to drink a cup of tea
 * 7)  boiled or boiling water
 * 1) Chinese medicine
 * 2) yum cha
 * 3)  a moment the time it takes to drink a cup of tea
 * 4)  boiled or boiling water
 * 1) yum cha
 * 2)  a moment the time it takes to drink a cup of tea
 * 3)  boiled or boiling water
 * 1)  a moment the time it takes to drink a cup of tea
 * 2)  boiled or boiling water
 * 1)  boiled or boiling water

Descendants
Others:



Kanji

 * 1) tea

Etymology
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From various lects of. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) tea
 * 2) brown

Usage notes

 * This term is not used on its own in modern Japanese. For the tea sense, this is used either with the honorific prefix, as , or in a compound such as or.
 * For the brown sense, this is used with the color suffix, as in.
 * For the brown sense, this is used with the color suffix, as in.

Etymology 1
From. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Usage notes

 * This reading is used as a standalone word to mean "tea."

Etymology 2
From.