消 xiāo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 肖 to resemble, to look like
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
消失
xiāoshī
to disappear
Characters in this word
失 shī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 太阳消失了。 Tàiyáng xiāoshī le. The sun disappeared.
- 声音消失了。 Shēngyīn xiāoshī le. The sound disappeared.
- 他突然消失。 Tā tūrán xiāoshī. He suddenly disappears.
Related words
- 取消 qǔxiāo to cancel
- 消费 xiāofèi to spend; consumption
- 消息 xiāoxi news; message
- 消化 xiāohuà to digest
- 消除 xiāochú to remove; to get rid of
- 消毒 xiāodú to disinfect
- 消防 xiāofáng fire safety; firefighting
- 消费者 xiāofèizhě consumer
- 消极 xiāojí negative; passive
- 失去 shīqù to lose
- 失败 shībài to fail; failure
- 失望 shīwàng to be disappointed