U+6D88 "消" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
消
U+6D88 "消" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to disappear," "to eliminate," or "to dissolve," and it is also used in contexts like "to spend time" or "to cancel." This logograph is composed of the radical for water (氵) on the left, suggesting its original association with the melting or flowing away of ice or snow, and the component 肖 (xiào) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation and semantic nuance. In modern usage, "消" appears in common words such as 消失 (xiāoshī, "to vanish"), 消灭 (xiāomiè, "to annihilate"), and 消费 (xiāofèi, "to consume"), making it a versatile character in both everyday and technical Japanese, Korean, and Chinese writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6D88 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 消 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 消 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xB6 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6D88 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006D88 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6d88 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AEF8 |
| kCCCII | 21474F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-563C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-563C |
| kCangjie | EFB |
| kCantonese | siu1 |
| kCihaiT | 800.401 |
| kCowles | 3667 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1027.150 |
| kDefinition | vanish, die out; melt away |
| kEACC | 21474F |
| kFanqie | 相邀 |
| kFenn | 124C |
| kFennIndex | 170.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3912.7 |
| kGB0 | 4791 |
| kGB1 | 4791 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 1149j |
| kHangul | 소:0E |
| kHanYu | 31622.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xiāo(708) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31622.020:xiāo |
| kHKGlyph | 2188 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1027.150 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31622.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0626.110 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4F7B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AEF8 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3E43 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E3A9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-613C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-563C |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5C4E |
| kJapanese | ショウ きえる けす |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2071 |
| kJapaneseKun | KIERU KESU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHOU |
| kJis0 | 3035 |
| kKangXi | 0626.110 |
| kKorean | SO |
| kLau | 2849 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3194 |
| kMandarin | xiāo |
| kMatthews | 2607a |
| kMeyerWempe | 2822 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ015391 MJ015391:E0102 MJ015390:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 17529' 17529':E0102 17529:E0103 |
| kNelson | 2574 |
| kPhonetic | 220 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2475+85.3.7 V+13836+85.3.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 85.7 |
| kSBGY | 146.48 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 367.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xiāo粵siu1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3194 |
| kTang | siɛu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 402.160:xiāo |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | tiêu |
| kXerox | 243:175 |
| kXHC1983 | 1262.050:xiāo |