1. 消

消

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  1. 消 is the 439th most frequent character.
  2. 消 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 消 appears as a character in 68 words.
  4. 消 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
消 => 氵, 肖
Radical :
消 => 氵 (water), ⺌ (small), 月 (moon)
Graphical :
消 => ⺀, ㇀, 丨, 丷, 冂, 二

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xiao1 - to disappear/to vanish/to eliminate/to spend (time)/have to/need

Pronunciation Clues:

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

Example Words:

High Frequency

消失 
消息 

Medium Frequency

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