謝

See also: 谢

Translingual

Han character

謝 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹竹戈 (YRHHI), four-corner 0460₀, composition ⿰言射)

Derived characters

• 𫌗

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1176, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35827
• Dae Jaweon: page 1640, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4005, character 21
• Unihan data for U+8B1D

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Chinese

trad.		謝
simp.		谢

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (射) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
謝	*ljaːɡs
榭	*ljaːɡs
射	*ɢljaːɡs, *laːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ, *laːɡ
麝	*ɢljaːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljaːɡs) : semantic 言 (“word; speech”) + phonetic 射 (OC *ɢljaːɡs, *laːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ, *laːɡ).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 謝

1. to excuse oneself; to make an apology; to apologise
2. to decline; to renounce; to refuse
3. to modestly decline
4. to resign; to stand down
5. to take leave; to leave; to say goodbye
6. to tell; to warn
7. to send one's regards to
8. to thank; to express gratitude to
9. thanks; gratitude; gratefulness
10. thank you; thanks
11. to thank with a gift; to recompense
12. to decline; to wane; to wither
13. to avoid; to avert
14. to pass away; to depart this life
15. (historical) region of ancient China in present-day Henan
16. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

謝

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. apologize
2. thank
3. refuse

Readings

• Go-on: じゃ (ja)
• Kan-on: しゃ (sha, Jōyō)
• Kun: あやまる (ayamaru, 謝る, Jōyō)、わび (wabi)、ことわる (kotowaru, 謝る)

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Korean

Hanja

謝 • (sa) (hangeul 사)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 謝 (tạ)

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