谢
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to thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse; (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 1
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 言 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 謝
- Common rank
- #1,059
- Unicode
- U+8C22
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
thank · Heisig RSH #1028
words + shoot
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 谢
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谢谢 | to thank; thanks; thank you | |
| 药物代谢动力学 | pharmacokinetics | |
| 谢尔巴人 | Sherpa | |
| 谢通门县 | Xaitongmoin, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet | |
| 谢家集区 | Xiejiaji, a district of Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 Shi4], Anhui | |
| 合成代谢 | anabolism (biology); constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc); assimila… | |
| 分解代谢 | catabolism (biology); metabolic breaking down and waste disposal; dissimilation | |
| 大恩不言谢 | (maxim) a mere "thank you" is an insufficient response to a huge favor; (expression of gra… | |
| 不用谢 | You're welcome; Don't mention it | |
| 谢通门 | see 謝通門縣|谢通门县[Xie4 tong1 men2 Xian4] | |
| 能量代谢 | energy metabolism | |
| 谢里夫 | Sharif (name); Nawaz Sharif (1949-), Pakistani politician | |
| 谢家集 | see 謝家集區|谢家集区[Xie4 jia1 ji2 Qu1] | |
| 特别感谢 | special thanks; particular thanks | |
| 普列谢茨克卫星发射场 | Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia | |
| 斯泰恩谢尔 | Steinkjær (city in Trøndelag, Norway) | |
| 谢肉节 | carnival (esp. Christian) | |
| 不谢 | you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all | |
| 谢天谢地 | (idiom) thank goodness | |
| 谢拉 | Zerah (son of Judah in the Old Testament) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 射 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 射 sound part | to shoot, to eject, to emit | |
| 麝 | musk deer | |
| 榭 | pavilion, kiosk |