The kanji 謝: meaning, readings and stroke order
謝
- Meaning
- thank, apologize
- On reading
- シャ sha
- Kun reading
- あやま(る) ayamaru
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 言 speech
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cảm ơn, xin lỗi (tạ)
- Japanese
- ありがとうと いう。あやまる。
- Korean
- 고마워하다, 사과하다 (사)
- Chinese
- 感谢、道歉 (谢)
Readings, words and example sentences
シャ sha · on reading
感謝
thanks, gratitude
先生に 感謝の 手紙を 書きます。
I write a thank-you letter to my teacher.
あやま(る) ayamaru · kun reading
謝る
to say sorry, to apologize
気づいて すぐに 謝りました。
When I realized it, I said sorry right away.
Practise writing 謝 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 謝 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 5 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.