茶 chá tea
Made up of [艹 cǎo grass; herb radical 140, 木 mù wood; wooden radical 75, 人 rén person radical 9]Made with 9 strokes.
Picture of a plant under a cover to be brewed as tea
Ancient small seal form
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Also uses 艹 cǎo component: 菜 cài (vegetable) 草 cǎo (grass) 懂 dǒng (to understand) 花 huā (flower) 节 jié (joint) 苦 kǔ (bitter) 蓝 lán (blue) 劳 láo (to toil) 满 mǎn (to fill) 猫 māo (cat) 蒙 měng (Mongol) 莫 mò (do not) 苹 píng (apple) 葡 pú (grape) 前 qián (front) 若 ruò (to seem) 苏 sū (revive) 萄 táo (grapes) 药 yào (medicine) 艺 yì (skill) 英 yīng (flower) 藏 zàng (treasury) 蒸 zhēng (to steam)
Also uses 木 mù component: 板 bǎn (board) 杯 bēi (cup) 本 běn (root) 菜 cài (vegetable) 彩 cǎi (color) 柴 chái (firewood) 床 chuáng (bed) 杆 gān (pole) 果 guǒ (fruit) 机 jī (machine) 禁 jìn (to prohibit) 禁 jìn (to prohibit) 桔 jú (tangerine) 棵 kē (of plants) 来 lái (arrive) 李 lǐ (plum) 梨 lí (pear) 林 lín (forest) 楼 lóu (multi-story building) 棋 qí (board game) 秦 qín (Qin) 亲 qīn (parent) 柔 róu (soft) 杀 shā (to kill) 树 shù (tree) 术 shù (method) 宋 song (Song) 条 tiáo (strip) 未 wèi (not yet) 闲 xián (to stay idle) 相 xiāng (each other) 校 xiào (school) 椅 yǐ (chair) 植 zhí (to plant) 枝 zhī (branch) 桌 zhuō (table)
Also uses 人 rén component: 从 cóng (from) 曷 hé (why) 会 huì (can) 今 jīn (modern) 久 jiǔ (long time) 令 lìng (to order) 舍 shè (residence) 食 shí (eat) 以 yǐ (to use) 众 zhòng (many) 座 zuò (seat) 坐 zuò (sit)
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差 chà (differ)Pronunciation
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