谢

謝
Xie4
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surname Xie

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

谢 uses 讠 speech as the meaning part and 射 yè (also shè) as the sound part. It first meant to resign or reject. The meaning grew to bid farewell, to fade away, to apologize, and finally to thank.

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