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 chá
 cha
 
Tea Scroll

茶 means tea. It can refer to prepared tea (ready-to-drink) or dry tea leaves.

The origin of tea is China but the same character is used in Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja with the exact same meaning. Japanese and Korean even borrowed the pronunciation from Chinese (pronounced “cha” in all three languages).

It's said that an early doctor (or herbologist) in ancient China kept poisoning himself as he tried different new herb concoctions. He invented tea as a means to detoxify himself as he recovered from 1 of the 76 times he nearly poisoned himself to death. Tea is seen not just as a drink but as a form of medicine used to remove impurities from the body.

The word “chai” (used in many languages to refer to various teas) is derived from this Chinese word.

茶 also means camellia, as Asian teas are often based on the leaves of camellia plant varieties.

 chá yuán
Tea Fate Scroll

茶緣 is a special title for the tea lover. This kind of means “tea fate,” but it's more spiritual and hard to define. Perhaps the tea brought you in to drink it. Perhaps the tea will bring you and another tea-lover together. Perhaps you were already there, and the tea came to you. Perhaps it's the ah-ha moment you will have when drinking the tea.

I've been told not to explain this further, as it will either dilute or confuse the purposefully-ambiguous idea embedded in this enigma.

I happen to be the owner of a piece of calligraphy written by either the son or nephew of the last emperor of China, which is the title he wrote. It was given to me at a Beijing tea house in 2001. 茶緣 is where I learned to love tea after literally spending weeks tasting and studying everything I could about Chinese tea. I did not understand the significance of the authorship or the meaning of the title at all. Some 10 years later, I realized the gift was so profound and had such providence. Only now do I realize the value of a gift that it is too late to give proper thanks for. It was also years later that I ended up in this business and could have the artwork properly mounted as a wall scroll. It has been borrowed for many exhibitions and shows and always amazes native Chinese and Taiwanese who read the signature. This piece of calligraphy I once thought was just a bit of ink on a thin and wrinkled piece of paper, is now one of my most valued possessions. And fate has taught me to be more thankful for seemingly simple gifts.

 chá hú
 cha tsubo
Tea Pot Scroll

茶壺 is the Chinese and Japanese Kanji for teapot or “tea pot.”

The Way of Tea

 chá dào
 cha dou
The Way of Tea Scroll

茶道 means The Way of Tea (literally, “tea way”) in Chinese and Japanese.

This may refer to a tea ceremony or a general lifestyle of tea preparation and drinking.

In Japanese, this can be pronounced sadō or chadō (seems that sadō refers more often to a tea ceremony, and chadō when it's the Way of Tea).

茶道 is also used in the Buddhist context with the same meaning as the Way of Tea.


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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

see styles
chá
    cha2
ch`a
    cha
 cha
    ちゃ

More info & calligraphy:

Tea
tea; tea plant; CL:杯[bei1],壺|壶[hu2]
(1) (See お茶・1) tea; (2) tea plant (Camellia sinensis); (3) (See 茶道) tea preparation; making tea; (4) (abbreviation) (See 茶色) brown; (noun or adjectival noun) (5) (archaism) (See 茶化す) mockery; (surname, given name) Cha
Tea; tea-leaves; translit. ja, jha.

茶壺


茶壶

see styles
chá hú
    cha2 hu2
ch`a hu
    cha hu
 chatsubo
    ちゃつぼ

More info & calligraphy:

Tea Pot
teapot; CL:把[ba3]
tea jar; tea urn

茶道

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chá dào
    cha2 dao4
ch`a tao
    cha tao
 sadou(p); chadou(ok)(p) / sado(p); chado(ok)(p)
    さどう(P); ちゃどう(ok)(P)

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The Way of Tea
Japanese tea ceremony; sado
tea ceremony; Way of Tea; sadō; (place-name) Chadō
the way of tea

お茶

see styles
 ocha
    おちゃ
(1) (polite language) tea (usu. green); (2) tea break (at work); (3) tea ceremony

ニ茶

see styles
 nicha
    にちゃ
(female given name) Nicha

一茶

see styles
 issa
    いっさ
(person) Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)

万茶

see styles
 macha
    まちゃ
(female given name) Macha

三茶

see styles
 sancha
    さんちゃ
(place-name) Sangenjaya (abbreviation)

上茶

see styles
 joucha / jocha
    じょうちゃ
(surname) Jōcha

下茶

see styles
 shimocha
    しもちゃ
(place-name, surname) Shimocha

中茶

see styles
 nakachiya
    なかちや
(surname) Nakachiya

二茶

see styles
 niichii / nichi
    にいちぇ
(personal name) Niiche

兎茶

see styles
 usa
    うさ
(surname) Usa

冠茶

see styles
 kabusecha
    かぶせちゃ
kabusecha; mild green tea which has been lightly screened from sunlight for 1-3 weeks before picking

利茶

see styles
 kikicha
    ききちゃ
(1) tea tasting; tea-tasting; (2) tea-tasting contest

化茶

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huà chá
    hua4 cha2
hua ch`a
    hua cha
 kesa
tea obtained by monastic begging and the offering of exhortation or instruction.

千茶

see styles
 chisa
    ちさ
(female given name) Chisa

半茶

see styles
 hancha
    はんちゃ
(given name) Hancha

口茶

see styles
 kuchija
    くちぢゃ
adding more tea; adding fresh leaves to used ones in a teapot

古茶

see styles
 kocha
    こちゃ
last year's tea; (surname) Furucha

合茶

see styles
 gouja / goja
    ごうじゃ
(place-name) Gouja

名茶

see styles
 meicha / mecha
    めいちゃ
fine tea; brand-name tea; famous tea; choice tea; well-known brand of quality green tea

呈茶

see styles
 teicha / techa
    ていちゃ
(polite language) serving tea (esp. in tea ceremony)

品茶

see styles
pǐn chá
    pin3 cha2
p`in ch`a
    pin cha
to taste tea; to sip tea

喜茶

see styles
 kiteぃ
    きてぃ
(female given name) Kiti

喝茶

see styles
hē chá
    he1 cha2
ho ch`a
    ho cha
to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")

喫茶

see styles
 kissa
    きっさ
(1) tea drinking; (2) (abbreviation) (See 喫茶店) teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffee shop; (rather formal) cafe

団茶

see styles
 dancha
    だんちゃ
cake tea (e.g. Pu-erh tea)

坊茶

see styles
 boucha / bocha
    ぼうちゃ
(given name) Boucha

坪茶

see styles
 tsubocha
    つぼちゃ
(surname) Tsubocha

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Teachachá / cha2 / chach`a / cha
Tea Fate茶緣
茶缘
chá yuán / cha2 yuan2 / cha yuan / chayuanch`a yüan / chayüan / cha yüan
Tea Pot茶壺
茶壶
cha tsubo / chatsubochá hú / cha2 hu2 / cha hu / chahuch`a hu / chahu / cha hu
The Way of Tea茶道cha dou / chadou / cha dochá dào / cha2 dao4 / cha dao / chadaoch`a tao / chatao / cha tao
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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A professional Chinese Calligrapher

Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.

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