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谢 — to thank; to apologize; to decline

to thank; to apologize; to decline; to refuse; to wither

Pinyin
xiè · Xiè
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — xiè, Xiè — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 谢: 12 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

谢 — 12 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 谢 in the HSK syllabus: 5

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 谢谢xièxieto thank; thanks; thank youHSK 1
  2. 感谢gǎnxièto thank; to be gratefulHSK 4
  3. 凋谢diāoxièto wither; to wilt; wizenedHSK 7–9
  4. 谢绝xièjuéto refuse politelyHSK 7–9
  5. 新陈代谢xīnchén-dàixièmetabolism; the new replaces the oldHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.