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茶 (chá): Tea — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Animated Stroke Order 茶

Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.

How to write 茶 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 茶

茶 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Top-Bottom
茶=艹grass+人person+木tree

A plant (艹) that people (人) pick from trees (木) — referring to tea leaves harvested for drinking.

4.

Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 茶

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 茶

HSK words that contain this character.

奶茶

nǎi chá

milk tea

HSK 3.0 L2

红茶

hóng chá

black tea

HSK 3.0 L2

绿茶

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 茶 is used in context

wǒ我
xǐ喜
huan欢
hē喝
rè热
chá茶
。

Information

Pinyinchá
Meaningtea
Strokes9
Radical艹
Traditional茶
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#202
Zhuyinㄔㄚˊ
UnicodeU+8336
CangjieTMD
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lǜ chá

green tea

HSK 3.0 L2

茶叶

chá yè

tea

HSK 3.0 L4

I like to drink hot tea.

wǒ我
xǐ喜
huan欢
zài在
xià下
wǔ午
hē喝
chá茶
。

I like to drink tea in the afternoon

qǐng请
yòng用
chá茶
hú壶
pào泡
yì一
hú壶
chá茶
。

Please brew a pot of tea with the teapot

zhè这
bēi杯
chá茶
hěn很
hǎo好
hē喝
。

This cup of tea is very tasty.

zhè这
zhǒng种
chá茶
yè叶
wèi味
dào道
hěn很
xiāng香
。

This tea leaves taste very fragrant

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