消

xiāo

vanish, die out; melt away

How to write 消, stroke by stroke

to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take

Pictophonetic: semantic 氵 (water), phonetic 肖

Made of 氵 + 肖

消息xiāo xi(piece of) news; information; message
消失xiāo shīto disappear; to fade away
取消qǔ xiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
消灭xiāo mièto put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)
消除xiāo chúto eliminate; to remove
消防员xiāo fáng yuánfirefighter; fireman
消耗xiāo hàoto consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend; (old) news; mail; message
消化xiāo huàto digest (food); (fig.) to absorb (information etc); to assimilate; to process
消防xiāo fángfirefighting; fire control
消遣xiāo qiǎnto while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of
消费xiāo fèito consume (goods and services, resources etc)
消逝xiāo shìto fade away

没消息就是好消息。
méi xiāo xī jiù shì hǎo xiāo xī 。
No news is good news.
我们的航班被取消了。
wǒ men de háng bān bèi qǔ xiāo le 。
Our flight was canceled.
他们奋斗的目标是消灭天花。
tā men fèn dòu de mù biāo shì xiāo miè tiān huā 。
They are struggling with the goal of wiping out smallpox.
他没有留下痕迹就消失了。
tā méi yǒu liú xià hén jì jiù xiāo shī le 。
He disappeared without a trace.
我的梦想是成为一名消防员。
wǒ de mèng xiǎng shì chéng wéi yì míng xiāo fáng yuán 。
My dream is to become a firefighter.