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谢 — stroke order

xiè
ㄒㄧㄝˋ
Meaning
to thank
Strokes
12
Radical
讠
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Watch how to write 谢 (xiè) stroke by stroke. 谢 has 12 strokes and means “to thank”. It appears in common words such as 谢谢 (to thank) and 感谢 (thanks). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 谢

The most common words that use 谢 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

谢谢xièxieto thank感谢gǎnxièthanks多谢duōxièmany thanks新陈代谢xīnchéndàixièmetabolism代谢dàixièreplacement谢天谢地xiètiānxièdìThank heavens!

How 谢 is written

Radical
讠
Components
讠 + 射
Formation
Pictophonetic character — formed from a semantic component 讠 and a phonetic component 射 (speech).

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