Chinese Character 谢 Meanings and components.

Form

谢

Meaning

谢 meaning[3] in English

Surname Xie.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 谢 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , and old variant of … (射)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with IVHHI

How to write 谢

To write谢xie4surname Xie you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 射she4old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 射 = 谢

谢 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 谢 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 谢, looks as follow:

谢
Pinyin:xie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Xie
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
射
Pinyin:she4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 射[She4]
身
Pinyin:shen1
Meaning[3]: Body . Life . Oneself . Personally . One'S Morality And Conduct . The Main Part Of A Structure Or Body . Pregnant . Classifier For Sets Of Clothes: Suit, Twinset . Kangxi Radical 158
寸
Pinyin:cun4
Meaning[3]: A Unit Of Length . Inch . Thumb

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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