IDENTITY
谢xièto thank
HSK 1Top 450
CORE MEANING
to thank
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to thankHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 讠speech radical (yán)
- strokes
- 12
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰讠射
- speech
- gives the sound xiè
USAGE
Common words
谢谢xièxiethanks
感谢gǎnxièto be grateful
Graded examples
谢谢您，再见！Xièxie nín, zàijiàn!HSK1
Thank you, goodbye!
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 射
LEARNING
Memory aid
Words (讠) released like arrows (射) — letting gratitude fly, thanks. (From 謝.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #450
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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