茶の間
ちゃのま · chanoma · JLPT N1 · noun
living room
🍵 茶 (cha) = tea, の = of, 間 (ma) = room: the room where tea is shared
茶の間 is the everyday family sitting room in a Japanese home. 間 (ma) means room or space, as in 客間 (kyakuma, guest room).
茶 — grass radical 艹 + 余 (phonetic)
茶 combines the grass radical 艹, indicating a plant, with 余 serving as the phonetic component. It originally derived from the older character 荼, which referred broadly to bitter herbs; a stroke was dropped during the Tang dynasty to distinguish the tea plant specifically. Today it means tea.