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消xiāo瘦shòu

  1. to waste away; to become thin

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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消
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to diminish; to subside, to consume; to reduce, to idle away (the time), (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take

Pinyin
xiāo
Strokes
10
Frequency
16244 of 2500
Words starting with 消Words ending in 消Anywhere in a word
瘦
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

thin, to lose weight, (of clothing) tight, (of meat) lean, (of land) unproductive

Pinyin
shòu
Strokes
14
Frequency
5250 of 2500
Words starting with 瘦Words ending in 瘦Anywhere in a word