Kanji N1

謝: apologize, thank, refuse

謝 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning apologize, thank, refuse, written with 17 strokes. It is read シャ (on) and あやまる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 感謝 (かんしゃ, thanks) and 月謝 (げっしゃ, monthly tuition fee).

謝

Meanings

  • apologize
  • thank
  • refuse
Strokes17
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#1028 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シャ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • あやまる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 謝

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 感謝かんしゃ

    thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness

    JLPT N3
  • 月謝げっしゃ

    monthly tuition fee

    JLPT N1
  • 謝るあやまる

    to apologize (apologise)

    JLPT N4
  • 謝絶しゃぜつ

    refusal; declining

    JLPT N1
  • 謝罪しゃざい

    apology

  • 謝礼しゃれい

    reward; honorarium; remuneration

  • 慰謝いしゃ

    consolation

  • 代謝たいしゃ

    metabolism

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.