消蚀
xiāo​shí

erode

消 xiāo vanish

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjew[s]ew dissolve; disappear

說文解字

《說文》：“消，盡也。从水，肖聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

蚀 shí nibble away Simplified

An insect 虫 bite 饣; 饣 also provides the pronunciation

Components

饣
饣 SoundMeaning component
shí eat
虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蝕 shí nibble away Traditional

An insect 虫 bite 飠; 飠 also provides the pronunciation

Components

飠
飠 SoundMeaning component
eat
虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzyikmə-lək(eat:) eclipse
Zhengzhangɦljɯɡ
Unicodejhiək

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica