消 = 氵 + 肖

消 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “vanish”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 肖 (look like).

Keyword: vanish
Pinyin (Mandarin): xiāo
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: vanish, die out, вымирать, исчезать, die out
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 消 extinguish

Decomposition

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氵 water
肖 look like

How to find 消 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “look like”. 消 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 消 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.