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
消息
xiāoxi
news; message
Characters in this word
息 xī
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我有好消息。 Wǒ yǒu hǎo xiāoxi. I have good news.
- 消息是真的吗。 Xiāoxi shì zhēn de ma. The news is true.
- 请告诉我消息。 Qǐng gàosu wǒ xiāoxi. Please tell me the news.
Related words
- 取消 qǔxiāo to cancel
- 消费 xiāofèi to spend; consumption
- 消失 xiāoshī to disappear
- 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
- 休息 xiūxi to rest; rest
- 信息 xìnxī information; message
- 利息 lìxī interest