感谢
gǎnxiè · HSK 2
thank
🙏 感 = feel + 谢 = thank; literally 'feel-thanks' = gratitude
感 means to feel or sense, 谢 means to thank or decline. Together they form a verbal compound: the felt expression of thanks. 谢 also appears in 谢谢 (xièxie), the everyday 'thank you'.
感 — heart 心 + 咸 (xián, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The heart radical 心 at the bottom carries the meaning of feeling or emotion, while 咸 supplies the sound. Together 感 conveys being moved in the heart, hence 'to feel,' 'sense,' or 'be affected by' something.