# 茶 tea

(flowertop) + (peaked roof) + ホ (katakana 'ho')
★★★★★
9 strokes

## Onyomi

CHA | It is traditional to serve flower-scented tea to the HOE under the peaked roof. (it's this hostess club for recovering alcoholics, is what it is)

## Mnemonic

## Jukugo

お茶(おちゃ) | tea ★★★★★
茶色(ちゃいろ) | brown ★★★★☆ KUN ON 茶 (tea) + 色 (color) = 茶色 (brown)
喫茶店(きっさてん) | coffe-shop ★★★☆☆ 喫 (enjoy a drink and a smoke) + 茶 (tea) + 店 (shop) = 喫茶店 (coffe-shop) a coffee-shop. These are really popular because Japanese don't invite people over to their homes very often - they meet at the coffee-shop. This is fairly polite example to point to when a Japanese asks you, "Do foreigners really think we're a cold people?" BOOBOO: most Japanese don't say きっさてん。 they just say 喫茶、(きっさ)。
緑茶(りょくちゃ) | green tea ★☆☆☆☆ 緑 (green) + 茶 (tea) = 緑茶 (green tea) green tea (AKA the only time you'll ever use the on-yomi for 'green')
紅茶(こうちゃ) | black tea ☆☆☆☆☆ 紅 (dark lipstick red color) + 茶 (tea) = 紅茶 (black tea )

## Synonyms

mischievous お茶目 やんちゃ
outrageous ムチャクチャ 怪しからん 無茶 ばかげてる みっともない だらしない
rash, hasty, impulsive 衝動的に 軽率 無謀 無茶