■ radical

chá

tea

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

艹

meaning

grass — 艹 is a component form of 艸.

余

sound

extra; remaining — The pronunciation of 茶 was similar to 余 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

Appears in

Characters that use 茶 as a component, most common first.

搽cháto wipe

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