谢
to thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse; (bound form) (of flowers, leaves etc) to wither
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,059 U+8C22
How 谢 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 射 (phonetic, shè)
How to remember it
thank · Heisig RSH #1028
words + shoot
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 射
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 射 (shè) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 射 sound component | shè | to shoot, to eject, to emit |
| 麝 | shè | musk deer |
| 榭 | xiè | pavilion, kiosk |
Words containing 谢
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 药物代谢动力学 | yào wù dài xiè dòng lì xué | pharmacokinetics |
| 谢尔巴人 | Xiè ěr bā rén | Sherpa |
| 谢通门县 | Xiè tōng mén Xiàn | Xaitongmoin, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet |
| 谢家集区 | Xiè jiā jí Qū | Xiejiaji, a district of Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 Shi4], Anhui |
| 合成代谢 | hé chéng dài xiè | anabolism (biology); constructive metabolism (using energy to make proteins etc); assimila… |
| 分解代谢 | fēn jiě dài xiè | catabolism (biology); metabolic breaking down and waste disposal; dissimilation |
| 大恩不言谢 | dà ēn bù yán xiè | (maxim) a mere "thank you" is an insufficient response to a huge favor; (expression of gra… |
| 不用谢 | bù yòng xiè | You're welcome; Don't mention it |
| 谢通门 | Xiè tōng mén | see 謝通門縣|谢通门县[Xie4 tong1 men2 Xian4] |
| 能量代谢 | néng liàng dài xiè | energy metabolism |
| 谢里夫 | Xiè lǐ fū | Sharif (name); Nawaz Sharif (1949-), Pakistani politician |
| 谢家集 | Xiè jiā jí | see 謝家集區|谢家集区[Xie4 jia1 ji2 Qu1] |
| 特别感谢 | tè bié gǎn xiè | special thanks; particular thanks |
| 普列谢茨克卫星发射场 | Pǔ liè xiè cí kè Wèi xīng Fā shè chǎng | Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia |
| 斯泰恩谢尔 | Sī tài ēn xiè ěr | Steinkjær (city in Trøndelag, Norway) |
| 谢肉节 | xiè ròu jié | carnival (esp. Christian) |
| 不谢 | bù xiè | you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all |
| 谢天谢地 | xiè tiān xiè dì | (idiom) thank goodness |
| 谢拉 | Xiè lā | Zerah (son of Judah in the Old Testament) |
| 非常感谢 | fēi cháng gǎn xiè | extremely grateful; very thankful |