• 439th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 114 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiāo (xiao1)to disappear • to vanish • to eliminate • to spend (time) • have to • need

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xiāo (xiao1)The component is pronounced as 'xiào' (xiao4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

消失 
消息 

Uncommon

取消 
消停 
消化 
消极 (消極)
消毒 
消灭 (消滅)
消炎 
消磨 
消耗 
消肿 (消腫)
消费 (消費)
消费者 (消費者)
消逝 
消遣 
消防 
消除 
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)

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  • 1778th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 16 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. qiǎn (qian3)dispatch

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

消遣 

Uncommon

差遣 
排遣 
派遣 
遣返 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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