专一的“茶”字,以至于出现许多异名或同义字,字形、字音、字义相差甚大,不识者,根本想不到它们与茶有什么关系。古代用来表示茶的字有:荼、檟荈、(?)、茗、茶等。著名的书法家启功1989题诗有云: 今古形殊义不差,古称荼苦近称茶。 赵州法语吃茶去,三字千金百世夸。 Specific “tea” word, so that there are many synonymous or synonymous, glyphs, pronunciation, meaning very different, do not know, simply do not think they have anything to do with tea. Ancient words used to express tea are: tea, 槚 荈, (?), Tea, tea and so on. The famous calligrapher Qigong 1989 poem goes: Today’s ancient style is not bad, the ancient name of tea bitter recently called tea. Zhaozhou French tea to go, the treasures of the world boast.