xiāo

Traditional: 消

#5127 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to disappear; to eliminate; news (bound morpheme)

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Stroke order for 消

Examples

I have some good news.

He suddenly disappeared.

This news made everyone happy.

His doubts disappeared.

Please help me dispel my worries.

消 (xiāo) is a bound morpheme for disappearing or eliminating, found in 消息 (xiāo xī) "news" and 消失 (xiāo shī) "to vanish".

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 消.

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This word is part of lesson 103.