茶

• 読み: ちゃ
• ローマ字: cha
• 漢字の分解: 茶 (cha/sa) — tea
• 発音: /tɕa/

意味

Tea. The beverage made from tea leaves, or the plant itself.

A noun used both on its own and in many compounds: お茶 (ocha, tea with polite prefix), 緑茶 (ryokucha, green tea), 紅茶 (koucha, black tea), 茶道 (sadou, tea ceremony). The polite form お茶 is far more common in daily conversation. Also appears in idioms like お茶を濁す (ocha wo nigosu, to be evasive).

例文

1. 食事の後にいつも温かい茶を飲む。
2. 静岡県は茶の産地として有名だ。
3. 茶色のカバンを探しているのですが。

使い方ガイド

場面: food and drink, culture, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Chinese 茶 (chá). Tea was introduced to Japan from China during the Nara period (8th century). The kanji depicts a plant (艹) growing from the earth, with the lower part suggesting new shoots.

文化的背景

時代: Nara period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal