xiāo

to disappear; to vanish; to eliminate

HSK 4 #439

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 439th character
Radical ⽔ (85.7)
Strokes 10
Index # 2071

Definitions

消 xiāo
  1. 1. to disappear
  2. 2. to vanish
  3. 3. to eliminate
  4. 4. to spend (time)
  5. 5. have to
  6. 6. need

Stroke order

消 stroke order diagram
消 stroke order animation

Words containing 消

Word Meaning
wear and tear; to wear away over time
(esp of Chinese medicine) to relieve summer heat
to eliminate; to dispel; resolution
fire hydrant
war of attrition
rate of consumption
China Consumers' Association (CCA)
China Consumers' Association (CCA)
insider information
insider information
to disintegrate; to dissolve
Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)
Reference News (PRC limited-distribution daily newspaper)
to lift a ban; to lift a prohibition
to only need; it only takes
absorbing decontaminant
absorbing decontaminant
variant of yè xiāo
to cancel out (of opposite forces) (physics)
to cancel out (of opposite forces) (physics)
consumer price index CPI
consumer price index CPI
to erase; to wipe