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謝

Apologize
Stroke count: 17

Readings

On readingシャ
Kun readingあやま.る

Verbs with «謝»

感謝する謝る謝罪する

Meanings

  1. apologizeRtK
  2. thank
    彼は深く感動して、感謝の言葉を述べようとした。Deeply moved, he tried to express his thanks.tatoeba
  3. refuse
  1. to apologize (apologise)
  2. to refuse
  3. to decline
  4. to be unable to bear
  5. to be defeated (by)

Popular Usage

謝る感謝月謝

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · shoot bang bang · somebody · nose (鼻) · glue

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1339

Compound words

彼は先生に謝るべきだと私は思う。
I'm of the opinion that he should apologize to his teacher.tatoeba
彼は女の子がおぼれているのを助けたので謝礼を受けた。
He rescued a girl from drowning and was given a reward.tatoeba
彼は謝るという礼儀さえもわきまえていなかった。
He did not even have the grace to apologize.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

君には、とても感謝してる。
きみには、とてもかんしゃしてる。I'm really grateful to you.
前もって感謝します
まえもってかんしゃしますI thank you in advance.
心より感謝申し上げます
こころよりかんしゃもうしあげますThank you very much from the heart.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Thank; apologise. 言 (words) + 射 (let fly) — letting out words of thanks or apology.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 謝

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