消 (xiāo): meaning and stroke order
消 (xiāo) means to diminish; to subside, to consume; to reduce, to idle away (the time).
消
- Simplified
- 消
- Traditional
- 消 (same form)
- Pinyin
- xiāo
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Stroke order of 消
消
- xiāo to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce
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Meaning of 消
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xiāo
- to diminish; to subside
- to consume; to reduce
- to idle away (the time)
- (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take
Radical and structure
- 消
- Radical 水 (Kangxi radical 85) · 10 strokes · 氵 on the left, 肖 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 消
- 消失 xiāo shī to disappear; to fade away
- 消息 xiāo xi (piece of) news; information; message
- 取消 qǔ xiāo to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
- 消费 xiāo fèi to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
- 消息来源 xiāo xi lái yuán web feed; news feed
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).