消 — Chinese character
消
xiāo
news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
- Pinyin
- xiāo
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 氵 肖
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 肖
- Japanese
- 消 as a kanji
Common words with 消
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消息 | xiāo xi | (piece of) news; information; message |
| 取消 | qǔ xiāo | to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind |
| 消费 (消費) | xiāo fèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 消费者 (消費者) | xiāo fèi zhě | consumer |
| 消灭 (消滅) | xiāo miè | to put an end to; to annihilate |
| 消除 | xiāo chú | to eliminate; to remove |
| 消耗 | xiāo hào | to consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend |
| 消防 | xiāo fáng | firefighting; fire control |
| 消化 | xiāo huà | to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process |
| 消极 (消極) | xiāo jí | negative; passive |
| 消费品 (消費品) | xiāo fèi pǐn | consumer goods |
English words written with 消
消 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 7
- Mencius 3B.9
- Mencius 6A.8
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
- Zhuangzi Robber Chê
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