Keyword
to diminish
- news
- rumors
- to die out
- to melt away
- to vanish
- Frequency
- #453
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
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Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 肖 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
消息
(piece of) news; information; message
取消
to cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
消费
to consume (goods and services, resources etc)
消失
to disappear; to fade away
消费者
consumer
消灭
to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)
消除
to eliminate; to remove
消耗
to consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend; (old) news; mail; message
消
to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 (bù) or 只 (zhǐ) or 何 (hé) etc) to need; to require; to take
消防
firefighting; fire control
消化
to digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process
消极
negative; passive; inactive
消费品
consumer goods
消毒
to disinfect; to sterilize
消防员
firefighter; fireman
消亡
to die out; to wither away
消逝
to fade away
抵消
to counteract; to cancel out; to offset
消散
to dissipate
消磨
to wear down; to sap; to whittle away; to while away; to idle away
消遣
to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of
消退
to wane; to vanish gradually
打消
to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on
消沉
to sink into despondency; (of morale, willpower etc) to diminish; to plummet