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謝
謝
See also: 谢
Translingual
Han character
謝 (radical 149 言+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜口竹竹戈 (YRHHI), four-corner 04600, composition ⿰言射)
References
- KangXi: page 1176, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35827
- Dae Jaweon: page 1640, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4005, character 21
- Unihan data for U+8B1D
Chinese
| trad. | 謝 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 谢 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (射) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 謝 | *ljaːɡs |
| 榭 | *ljaːɡs |
| 射 | *ɢljaːɡs, *laːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ, *laːɡ |
| 麝 | *ɢljaːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ljaːɡs) : semantic 言 (“word; speech”) + phonetic 射 (OC *ɢljaːɡs, *laːɡs, *ɢljaːɡ, *laːɡ).
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
- Wade-Giles: hsieh4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ze6
- Yale: jeh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dze6
- IPA (key): /t͡sɛː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhia
- Hakka Romanization System: qia
- Hagfa Pinyim: qia4
- IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯a⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siā
- Tâi-lô: siā
- Phofsit Daibuun: sia
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕia²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕia⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕia²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕia³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕia³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiā
- Tâi-lô: tsiā
- Phofsit Daibuun: cia
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia²²/
- Note: siā - literary; chiā - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: sia7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siā
- IPA (key): /sia¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xxia (T3)
- IPA (key): /ʑ̻iᴀ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 謝 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕiɛ⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /ɕiɛ⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin | /ɕie⁵³/ | |
| Jinan | /ɕiə²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /siə²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /siɛ³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /ɕiɛ⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /ɕi²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ɕie¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ɕiə¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ɕiɤ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /ɕie³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /ɕie¹³/ | |
| Guiyang | /ɕie²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /ɕiɛ²¹²/ | |
| Nanjing | /sie⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei |
/ɕi⁵³/ /se⁵³/ |
|
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕie⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /ɕie̞³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /ɕie⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ʑia²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ziɑ³¹/ | |
| Hangzhou | /d͡ʑi¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /zei²²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰe²²/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡sʰiɛ¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha |
/sie⁵⁵/ /t͡sia¹¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /d͡ziɒ²¹/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang |
/ɕiɑ²¹/ /t͡ɕʰiɑ²¹/ 地名 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰia⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /t͡sʰiɑ⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sɛ²²/ |
| Nanning | /t͡sɛ²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /t͡sɛ²²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/sia²²/ /t͡sia²²/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /siɑ²⁴²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) |
/t͡sia⁴⁴/ 名 /sia⁴⁴/ 動 |
|
| Shantou (Min Nan) |
/sia³¹/ /t͡sia³¹/ |
|
| Haikou (Min Nan) |
/tia³³/ /tiak̚³/ 俗 |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 謝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 辝夜切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ziaH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ziaH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ziaH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ziaH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ziaH/ |
| Wang Li |
/zĭaH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/zi̯aH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xiè |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 謝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xiè |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ zjaeH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*sə-lAk-s/ |
| English | decline, renounce |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 謝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11221 |
| Phonetic component |
射 |
| Rime group |
暮 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
謝 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ljaːɡs/ |
Definitions
謝
- thank, thanks
- decline, renounce
- a region of ancient China in present-day Henan
- (of flowers, leaves, etc.) to wither
Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
- Wade-Giles: hsieh4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shieh
- IPA (key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ze6
- Yale: jeh
- Cantonese Pinyin: dze6
- IPA (key): /t͡sɛː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhia
- Hakka Romanization System: qia
- Hagfa Pinyim: qia4
- IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯a⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siā
- Tâi-lô: Siā
- Phofsit Daibuun: sia
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕia²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕia⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕia³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiā
- Tâi-lô: Tsiā
- Phofsit Daibuun: cia
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia²²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕia³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: zia7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiā
- IPA (key): /t͡sia¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xxia (T3)
- IPA (key): /ʑ̻iᴀ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 謝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 辝夜切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ziaH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ziaH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ziaH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ziaH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ziaH/ |
| Wang Li |
/zĭaH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/zi̯aH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
xiè |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 謝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xiè |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ zjaeH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*sə-lAk-s/ |
| English | decline, renounce |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 謝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11221 |
| Phonetic component |
射 |
| Rime group |
暮 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
謝 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ljaːɡs/ |
Definitions
謝
- A surname.
Compounds
Derived terms from 謝
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Japanese
Kanji
謝
apologize, thank, refuse
Readings
JLPT level N1. 1028 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Korean
Hanja
謝 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa, Yale sa)
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Vietnamese
Han character
謝 (tạ)
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