消

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiāo
Cantonese: siu1
JapaneseKun: KIERU KESU
JapaneseOn: SHOU
Korean: SO
Vietnamese: tiêu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: vanish, die out; melt away

CE-Dict: to disappear/to vanish/to eliminate/to spend (time)/have to/need

Soothill: Melt, disperse, expend, digest, dispose of.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to eliminate
2.to disappear; to vanish
3.to while away

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: disappear; eliminate; pass the time in a leisurely way; remove; vanish
【醫】 slake

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: disappear; eliminate; pass the time in a leisurely way; remove; vanish

湘雅醫學專業詞典: slake

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《水部》消盡也。从水肖聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】消
〔古文〕㴅【唐韻】相幺切【集韻】【韻會】思邀切【正韻】先彫切，𠀤音宵。【說文】盡也。又滅也。【易·泰卦】小人道消。　又釋也。【禮·月令】冰凍消釋。　又消耗。【揚子·太𤣥經】九事，七爲消。【註】消，意放散也。　又消消，敝也。【詩·豳風】予尾翛翛。【疏】亦作消消。　又地名。【詩·鄭風】淸人在消。【傳】消，河上地。　又疾名，與痟通。【後漢·李通傳】通素有消疾。【註】消消中之疾也。　又消石，藥名。　又通逍。【禮·檀弓】消搖于門。【註】消搖，又作逍遙。　又【韻補】叶新於切，音須。【崔駰·反都賦】幹弱枝彊，末大本消。叶下臾。　又叶思留切，音脩。【司馬相如·大人賦】煥然霧除。霍然雲消。邪絕少陽而登太隂兮，與眞人乎相求。

Buddhism words and phrases wipe away

CF-Dict: disparaître/dissiper/disperser

Han-De-Dict: aufbrauchen, verbrauchen (u.E.)/untertauchen, verschwinden (u.E.)/verschwinden (u.E.)

Finnish: kadota, loppua, kuluttaa, sulattaa, hajota, eliminoida, poistaa, sammuttaa; tarvita, ottaa, puutos