Read Edit View history 消 xiāo HSK3 vanish Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas xiāo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 消 Simp strokes 消 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 消 Simp strokes 消 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 消 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 222, 767 ], [ 298, 719 ], [ 311, 707 ], [ 329, 672 ] ], [ [ 141, 555 ], [ 216, 508 ], [ 238, 483 ] ], [ [ 189, 55 ], [ 177, 84 ], [ 175, 139 ], [ 317, 411 ] ], [ [ 565, 817 ], [ 609, 781 ], [ 602, 556 ], [ 597, 534 ], [ 586, 523 ] ], [ [ 427, 678 ], [ 486, 621 ], [ 498, 599 ] ], [ [ 777, 756 ], [ 797, 720 ], [ 679, 611 ] ], [ [ 427, 519 ], [ 460, 487 ], [ 465, 392 ], [ 445, 183 ], [ 423, 86 ], [ 418, 33 ] ], [ [ 498, 499 ], [ 506, 492 ], [ 559, 499 ], [ 712, 535 ], [ 743, 520 ], [ 758, 502 ], [ 756, 332 ], [ 763, 104 ], [ 756, 39 ], [ 739, 14 ], [ 707, 23 ], [ 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477 256 C 447 254 447 242 475 231 Z" ] } 10 strokes 消 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 217, 767 ], [ 305, 714 ], [ 343, 665 ] ], [ [ 136, 560 ], [ 253, 468 ] ], [ [ 128, 155 ], [ 153, 159 ], [ 189, 104 ], [ 316, 413 ] ], [ [ 558, 820 ], [ 609, 779 ], [ 594, 515 ] ], [ [ 421, 681 ], [ 506, 586 ] ], [ [ 769, 767 ], [ 802, 715 ], [ 675, 607 ] ], [ [ 422, 525 ], [ 465, 460 ], [ 419, 25 ] ], [ [ 489, 497 ], [ 703, 536 ], [ 761, 499 ], [ 755, 36 ], [ 721, 4 ], [ 614, 75 ] ], [ [ 493, 391 ], [ 667, 354 ] ], [ [ 477, 216 ], [ 527, 200 ], [ 724, 309 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M243,723C261,707 281,688 301,668C309,660 320,654 332,654C338,654 345,660 349,669C352,679 349,696 345,715C340,731 327,744 307,752C257,775 227,781 216,775C211,773 209,768 212,758C213,751 225,739 243,723Z", "M149,525C181,494 207,468 235,460C243,458 254,463 259,472C263,481 264,494 261,503C252,533 215,551 159,565C146,568 140,567 133,564C128,563 128,561 130,550C131,545 137,537 149,525Z", "M136,166C129,162 123,158 126,144C136,94 153,61 177,47C199,34 201,56 203,71C205,100 244,206 317,391C321,402 323,412 323,414C322,423 317,424 313,417C192,236 170,194 136,166Z", "M620,527C628,645 636,730 648,785C649,792 645,803 633,810C610,825 589,829 577,831C564,833 558,832 554,826C549,822 547,815 555,805C582,768 579,724 581,519C581,506 620,514 620,527Z", "M418,663C452,609 478,582 495,579C504,578 513,583 518,595C521,604 520,617 514,631C508,645 495,653 480,662C453,677 436,688 426,691C418,693 416,690 414,681C412,677 412,671 418,663Z", "M755,719C737,692 707,661 675,618C662,603 669,594 689,606C754,649 801,683 833,696C844,702 850,706 848,712C844,726 834,738 822,750C807,764 791,771 777,772C764,773 760,767 762,751C763,743 762,730 755,719Z", "M477,256C480,294 481,327 484,355C485,372 485,372 486,380C489,426 491,458 495,475C497,485 496,499 488,505C476,518 440,532 427,530C416,529 414,522 418,513C450,441 450,324 409,167C395,118 385,103 385,93C385,69 393,49 405,31C411,22 416,18 424,22C449,39 464,72 470,130C473,166 472,195 475,231C476,248 476,248 477,256Z", "M495,475C559,486 623,498 688,510C702,513 711,511 715,503C728,468 736,345 730,136C728,92 723,65 719,58C715,54 705,54 694,57C670,64 647,73 624,78C597,85 602,76 616,63C652,29 687,4 709,-23C718,-35 727,-45 739,-49C745,-51 751,-48 757,-42C785,-8 801,28 799,66C781,318 777,458 797,491C805,506 805,517 797,523C782,537 761,548 735,558C722,563 710,563 700,558C667,544 641,532 620,527C594,522 594,522 581,519C556,514 525,509 488,505C478,503 485,473 495,475Z", "M506,377C562,360 603,346 645,339C665,335 671,341 671,351C671,368 659,384 638,393C621,400 584,405 551,405C493,405 463,389 506,377Z", "M500,171C529,148 532,167 561,189C591,210 661,255 688,272C742,304 758,341 660,293C576,253 522,232 480,226C458,223 488,179 500,171Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 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