ちゃ

noun

  1. tea whisk, bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea.
  2. hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ちゃ
茶筅 ちゃせん
ちゃ
 
 
茶せん ちゃせん
ちゃ
茶筌 ちゃせん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

tea
チャ サ ちや (2nd, N4)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
bamboo whisk for tea-making
セン ささら (Kentei 1)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
before, ahead, previous
セン さき ま.ず (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)