Chinese Character 消 Meanings and components.

Form

消

Meaning

消 meaning[3] in English

To Disappear.

To Vanish.

To Eliminate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 消 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and surname Xiao (肖)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EFB

How to write 消

To write消xiao1to disappear you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 肖xiao4surname Xiao arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 肖 = 消

消 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 消 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 消, looks as follow:

消
Pinyin:xiao1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Disappear . To Vanish . To Eliminate . To Spend (Time) . Have To . Need
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
肖
Pinyin:xiao4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Xiao . Taiwan Pr. [Xiao4]
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
月
Pinyin:yue4
Meaning[3]: Moon . Month . Monthly . Cl:個|个[Ge4],輪|轮[Lun2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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