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消 (Kangxi radical 85,水+7, 10 strokes,cangjie input水火月 (EFB),four-corner39127,composition⿰氵肖)
| trad. | 消 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp.# | 消 | |
| alternative forms | 宵 | |
| Historical forms of the character消 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) |
| Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 梢 | *sreːw |
| 捎 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 筲 | *sreːw |
| 鞘 | *sreːw, *slewɢs |
| 艄 | *sreːw |
| 蛸 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 髾 | *sreːw |
| 輎 | *sreːw |
| 旓 | *sreːw |
| 弰 | *sreːw |
| 鮹 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 綃 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 颵 | *sreːw |
| 莦 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 娋 | *sreːw, *sreːws |
| 稍 | *sreːws |
| 哨 | *sreːws, *sʰews, *sew |
| 揱 | *sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ |
| 潲 | *sreːws |
| 睄 | *sreːws |
| 悄 | *sʰewʔ |
| 俏 | *sʰews |
| 峭 | *sʰews |
| 陗 | *sʰews |
| 帩 | *sʰews |
| 誚 | *zews |
| 消 | *sew |
| 宵 | *sew |
| 霄 | *sew |
| 硝 | *sew |
| 銷 | *sew |
| 逍 | *sew |
| 魈 | *sew |
| 痟 | *slew |
| 焇 | *sew |
| 肖 | *slew, *slews |
| 韒 | *slewɢs |
| 趙 | *l'ewʔ |
| 箾 | *seːw, *sleːw |
| 踃 | *seːw |
| 削 | *slewɢ |
| 矟 | *sreːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*sew): semantic 氵(“water”) + phonetic 肖(OC*slew, *slews) – to extinguish something (with water).
| Variety | Location | 消 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕiɑu⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ɕiau⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /ɕiɑu²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /ɕiɔ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /siɔ²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /siau²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /ɕiau²¹/ | |
| Xining | /ɕiɔ⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ɕiɔ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ɕiɔ³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /ɕiɔ⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /ɕiau⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /ɕiau⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /ɕiao⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /ɕiɔ⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /siɔo³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /ɕiɔ²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕiau¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /ɕiɔ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /ɕiɔ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɕiɔ⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /siæ⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɕiɔ³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ɕiɛ³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /siɔ³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /siu¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /siau³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /siaɯ³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕiɛu⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /siau⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /seu²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /siu⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /ɬiu⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /siu⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /siau⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /sieu⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /siau⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Teochew) | /siau³³/ | |
| Haikou (Hainanese) | /siau²³/ /tiau²³/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 消 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 相邀切 |
| Baxter | sjew |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sjæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /siaw/ |
| Li Rong | /siɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭɛu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | siu1 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 消 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiāo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjew › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]ew/ |
| English | dissolve; disappear |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 消 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13739 |
| Phonetic component | 肖 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 宵 |
| Old Chinese | /*sew/ |
消
| Shinjitai | 消 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] | 消󠄁 消+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |  |
| 消󠄃 消+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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消:Hán Nôm readings:tiêu,teo,tiu
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