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消 - xiāo

vanish, die out; melt away

vanish, die out; melt away

How to read 消

Click 消 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinxiāo
Englishvanish, die out; melt away
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

消亡 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 消停. Please read 消元 one more time.

Common words with this character

to die out; to wither away
to calm down; to stop; to pause
elimination; to eliminate one variable from equations
extinction

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 消 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 消亡 and 消停 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 消.