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xiāo HSK4

melt, sell

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 銷.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

銷 xiāo melt, sell Traditional

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

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal
肖
肖 Sound component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsew
Unicodesiɛu

說文解字

《說文》：“銷，鑠金也。从金，肖聲。”

Sources

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