消

xiāo

ㄒㄧㄠ

HSK 3TOCFL L210 strokestop 20 by use on the map →

1to diminish; to subside

2to consume; to reduce

3to idle away (the time)

4(after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take

Etymology

pictophonetic · water

Radical

氵 · news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish

Composition

⿰氵肖

Writing

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Words with 消

消息xiāoxi 取消qǔxiāo 消费xiāofèi 消失xiāoshī 消化xiāohuà 消除xiāochú 消极xiāojí 消毒xiāodú 消防xiāofáng 消费者xiāofèizhě 消灭xiāomiè 消耗xiāohào 消xiāo 消遣xiāoqiǎn 抵消dǐxiāo 消沉xiāochén 消夜xiāoyè