茶

Meaning: tea

Reading: チャ、サ

茶色（チャいろ）: brown colour
茶室（チャシツ）: a tea house, a tea room
茶目（チャめ）: mischievousness, a practical joke
茶碗（チャワン）: a rice bowl, a teacup
お茶（チャ）: tea (usually green tea in Japan)
紅茶（コウチャ）: black tea, English tea
緑茶（リョクチャ）: green tea

茶飯事（サハンジ）: a matter of no importance
茶話会（サワカイ）: a tea party
茶寮（サリョウ/チャリョウ）: a teahouse, a tea cottage

#茶 has くさかんむり（艹） , so it has something to do with “plants.” Under that is a person （人） and the katakana ホ. When people have 茶 (tea), they feel relieved （ホっとする）, don’t they?.

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