Characters · 9 strokes
茶
chá tea
Where the shape comes from
A plant, 艹, over a person, 人, beside a tree, 木. Someone picking leaves from a bush.
艹plant
人person
木tree
Write it
Watch the order first, then trace it with the guide, then write it from memory. The model comes back over your strokes so you can see where the shape drifted.
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Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.
Three words that use it
喝茶
hē chá
to drink tea
绿茶
lǜchá
green tea
茶馆
cháguǎn
teahouse
Watch out: the mistake people make
Counting it as three whole pieces. The parts share strokes, and the total is nine.