Where does “茶” come from?

茶 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 葉, from Middle Chinese 葉.

茶 (Japanese): tea; brown

Definitions

  1. tea; brown

Ancestry of “茶”, step by step

茶 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 葉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese葉leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter...
2Middle Chinese葉—

via Late Middle Chinese 茶

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Middle Chinese茶—

Words derived from “茶”

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