漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
謝: apologize, thank
Also: refuse
JLPT N117 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 射 gives the sound
17 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シャsha · on'yomi · in compounds
- 謝礼しゃれいhonorarium
- 謝恩会しゃおんかいthank-you party
- 月謝げっしゃmonthly tuition fee
- 感謝祭かんしゃさいThanksgiving
- 新陳代謝しんちんたいしゃmetabolism
- 謝罪するしゃざいするapologize
- 感謝するかんしゃするshow gratitude
あやまるayamaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 謝るあやまるapologize
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)言 word; speech (meaning) + 射 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 謝 (rev. 91450066), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words (言) + shoot (射/身). It originally meant to "shoot" out sincere "words" to release a heavy burden of social obligation—by apologizing or saying thank you.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 谢 · traditional, as in Japanese · xiè
Japan keeps the traditional form 謝; mainland China simplifies it to 谢.
- Simplified
- 谢 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 謝 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiè most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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