紅茶

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 紅茶(こうちゃ) is the Japanese word for black tea.
• Basic usage: It names tea drunk at breakfast or offered as a beverage to a guest.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Different color words across languages
  • 紅茶 is black tea in English. Translating the kanji's color literally as red tea does not give the usual English name.
• Reading the compound
  • Here 紅 is read こう, and 茶 is read ちゃ.