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Zi:消

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消 [xiāo] perish, eliminate (消​灭); cancel (​取消); disappear/vanish (消​失); consume/deplete (消​耗); 消​息 news; (HDZ:) ​除​去, ​完​全​不​存​在; ​减消, ​衰​退; …

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 消 xiāo ‘eliminate/exhaust’ combines ​氵(​水 shuǐ) ‘water’, and ​肖 xiāo ‘small/slight/fine; decline’ (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​销/​銷 xiāo ‘smelt/melt’; ​宵 xiāo ‘night’.
    “[消] To melt, consume; short of, need; needful, necessary — cognate to ​销” —Karlgren(AD).
    HDZ: 消 : xiāo : ​除​去, ​完​全​不​存​在; ​减消, ​衰​退; ​排​遣 (​排​除, ​遣​去, 消​遣; ​斥​逐; cf. ​派​遣), ​打​发; ​享​用, ​受​用; ​禁​受, ​禁​得​起 (cf. ​吃​不消, ​吃​得消); ​抵​得, ​值​得, ​配​德; ​须, ​需​要; (​病​名) ​痟: ​糖​尿​病; (​古) (​烹​饪) (​术​语) ​把​肉​剁​碎​后​加​油​炒; ​炸​酱; 消​息 (消​长, ​增​减, ​盛​衰; …); ​某​些​矿​物​盐​类; ​銷: ​熔​化; (​古​地​名)
►references: Guǎngyùn:146.48; Karlgren:AD790,GSR1149j; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.1622.2; Mathews:607A; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:626.11; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:170.0.04; EDOC:1
►components: ​氵​肖​
►Cantonese: siu\
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