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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

1028 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: apologize, thank, refuse

Kunyomi: あやま.る

Onyomi: シャ

Composition: 言 射

謝

Radical

Radical: 言

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Reading: ごんべん

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Examples

Examples with audio

謝礼(しゃれい)   honorarium

謝恩会(しゃおんかい)   thank-you party

月謝(げっしゃ)   monthly tuition fee

感謝祭(かんしゃさい)   Thanksgiving

新陳代謝(しんちんたいしゃ)   metabolism

謝罪する(しゃざいする)   apologize

感謝する(かんしゃする)   show gratitude

謝る(あやまる)   apologize

Onyomi Examples

謝罪 (シャザイ) apology

謝意 (シャイ) gratitude, thanks, apology

慰謝 (イシャ) consolation

代謝 (タイシャ) metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new

Kunyomi Examples

謝る (あやまる) to apologize, to apologise, to refuse, to decline, to be unable to bear, to be defeated (by), to be at a loss

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