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Kanji for Tea
The kanji for “tea” is 茶, read cha and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
tea
Tea; the calm of the Japanese tea ceremony (茶道).
9 strokes On reading チャ、サ (cha, sa) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: tea
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sa, cha
In Japan it appears in about 113 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 茶: Charles 茶瑠寿 · Richard 里茶道 · Christian 久里寿茶 · Chad 茶道 · Chae 茶生 · Chan 茶 · Chas 茶寿 · Chun 茶 · Chana 茶七 · Chang 茶久 · Chara 茶良 · China 茶生七 and 21 more
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