CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

茶

 

 

9 strokes ( 艹 )

ㄔㄚ2 (cha2)

chá

 

茶 = tea, tea plant => photographic associative compound of a person 人 (radical 9) picking leaves 艹 (radical 140) from a tree 木 (radical 75)

related: 木 , 艹 , 人

 

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