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U+8336, 茶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8336

[U+8335]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8337]

U+F9FE, 茶
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9FE

[U+F9FD]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs 刺
[U+F9FF]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 140, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿人木 (TOD), four-corner 44904, composition 𠆢(GV) or 𠆢(HTJK))

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1029, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30915
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1488, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3207, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8336

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms
𦯬
𣘻
𣗪
𦹍
 
Wikipedia has articles on:

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *rlaː) : semantic + phonetic (OC *la).

originates as a graphical modification of archaic (*rlaː, bitter plant), used for “tea” in classical sources.

Etymology edit

As tea may have originated from Sichuan, where the native Yi people speak Loloish languages, Sagart (1999) suggests that the Old Chinese item was possibly originally borrowed from Proto-Loloish *la¹ (tea), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la (leaf; tea). Schuessler (2007) traces its ultimate origin to Proto-Austroasiatic *sla (leaf) (compare Proto-Mon-Khmer *slaʔ).

Alternatively, Qiu (1988) suggests that it might be a semantic extension of (*rlaː, bitter plant).

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • tê/têe - vernacular;
  • tâ, chhâ - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰa³⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰa²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡sʰɑ⁴⁵/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴²/
Qingdao /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡sʰa²⁴/
Xining /t͡sʰa²⁴/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵³/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡sʰa⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sʰa²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡sʰa³¹/
Guiyang /t͡sʰa²¹/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠³¹/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʰɑ²⁴/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂʰa⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰa¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡sɑ¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sʰa³¹/
Wu Shanghai /zo²³/
Suzhou /zo¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡zɑ²¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡zo³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡sʰa⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /t͡sa¹³/
Xiangtan /d͡zɒ¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰɑ²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰa¹¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰɑ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰa²¹/
Nanning /t͡sʰa²¹/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰa²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ta³⁵/
/te³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ta⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ta³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /te⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ʔdɛ³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (11)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter drae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖˠa/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖaɨ/
Li
Rong
/ȡa/
Wang
Li
/ȡa/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chá
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
caa4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15747
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
𡨀
Old
Chinese
/*rlaː/
Notes 𣘻

Definitions edit

  1. tea (plant, leaves)
      ―  zhòng chá  ―  to grow tea
  2. tea (beverage made by infusing tea leaves in hot water) (Classifier: ; )
    绿  ―  chá  ―  green tea
      ―  chá  ―  to make tea
      ―  yī bēi chá  ―  a cup of tea
  3. certain kinds of beverage or liquid food
      ―  liángchá  ―  Chinese herb tea
    冬瓜  ―  dōngguāchá  ―  winter melon punch
    杏仁  ―  xìngrénchá  ―  almond tea
  4. Chinese medicine
    午時午时  ―  wǔshíchá  ―  Afternoon Tea
  5. yum cha
      ―  zǎochá  ―  morning yum cha
    [Cantonese, trad.]
    [Cantonese, simp.]
    heoi3 caa4 lau4 jam2 caan1 caa4 [Jyutping]
    to go yumcha at a dim sum restaurant
  6. (obsolete) a moment (the time it takes to drink a cup of tea)
  7. (dialectal Mandarin, Cantonese, Gan, Xiang, Wu) boiled or boiling water
    [Shanghainese]  ―  7ciq 6zo [Wugniu]  ―  to drink water
  8. a surname

Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (ちゃ) (cha) (see there for further descendants)
  • Okinawan: (ちゃー) (chā)
  • Korean: 차(茶) (cha)
  • Vietnamese: trà ()

Others:

References edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. tea

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Etymology edit

 
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
 
(cha): a cup of tea.
Kanji in this term
ちゃ
Grade: 2
kan’yōon

From various lects of Middle Chinese (MC drae). Compare Mandarin (chá), Hakka (chhà), Cantonese (caa4).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ちゃ) (cha

  1. tea (not used in isolation in modern Japanese)
  2. brown

Usage notes edit

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Early Mandarin (*tʂʰaᴸᴸ). Compare Mandarin (chá), Hakka (chhà), Cantonese (caa4).

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

(eumhun (cha cha))

  1. Hanja form? of (tea).

Usage notes edit

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

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Chinese (ɖˠa).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 (Yale: ttà)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[2] (Yale: chà) (Yale: )

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

(eumhun (cha da))

  1. (only in compounds) Hanja form? of (tea).
  2. (only in compounds) Hanja form? of (brown).

Compounds edit

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Việt readings: trà[1][2][3][4][5][6]
: Nôm readings: trà[1][2][3], chè[1][2][3], chà[1], [1], già[1][2], chòe/choè[1][2]

  1. chữ Hán form of trà (tea).
  2. Nôm form of chè (tea).

References edit