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谢 xiè — “to thank”

How to write and say the Chinese character 谢 (xiè), which means to thank — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Think & feel.

Stroke order笔顺

谢 is written with 12 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

讠 (speech) hints at the meaning, and 射 lends its sound — together they make 谢.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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