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Mythic Mandarin

销 (xiāo): meaning and stroke order

销 (xiāo) means to melt (metal), to cancel; to annul, to sell, to expend; to spend, pin; bolt.

销

Simplified
销
Traditional
銷
Pinyin
xiāo

Stroke order of 销

销

  • xiāo to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul
  • 12 strokes
  • Traditional form: 銷

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 销

  1. xiāo Traditional 銷
    • to melt (metal)
    • to cancel; to annul
    • to sell
    • to expend; to spend
    • pin; bolt
    • to fasten with a pin or bolt

Radical and structure

销
Radical 钅 (Kangxi radical 167) in its simplified form · 12 strokes · 钅 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 销

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).