also: ちゃか
tea and sweets; refreshments
Refers to tea served with traditional Japanese sweets, often in a formal or hospitality context. Can also mean light refreshments in general.
We serve tea and sweets to the guests.
There was a refreshment break during the meeting.
Standard kanji form. The reading さか is more common than ちゃか.
Alternate reading. Less common than さか, but still used.
Compound of 茶 (tea) and 菓 (confectionery, sweets). The reading さか uses the older go-on reading for 茶, while ちゃか uses the more common kan-on reading.