míng​xiè

express thanks

míng cry of bird or animal Simplified

The sound  a bird  makes

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Meaning component
niǎo bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

xiè, xie thank Simplified

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

is a component form of .

Sound component
shè shoot

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

míng cry of bird or animal Traditional

The sound  a bird  makes

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Meaning component
niǎo bird

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmjængm.reŋcry (of birds or animals)
Zhengzhangmreŋ
Unicodemiæng

說文解字

鳥聲也。从鳥从口。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

xiè, xie thank Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
Sound component
shè shoot

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzjaeHsə-lAk-s decline, renounce

說文解字

《說文》:“謝,辤去也。从言,聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica