감사하다

gamsahada · TOPIK 1

to be grateful, to thank

🎁 感謝 = feel (感) + thank (謝), plus 하다 to do: to do feeling-thanks

감사 comes from the hanja 感謝: 感 (gam) means to feel, 謝 (sa) means to thank. Adding 하다 (to do/be) turns the noun into a verb. Same word as Mandarin gǎnxiè and Japanese kansha, so one root covers three languages.

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