Chinese

消失

/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɻ̩⁵⁵/
to disappear; to vanish
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 6

Etymology graph

  • inherited
  • borrowed
  • derived
  • parts
  • meaning component
  • sound component
  • related
React Flow

點擊節點放大 · Click a node to zoom in

Origin

No etymology text yet. The graph shows what is known from the sources.

Lineage

  • characterChinese消 “to disappear; to vanish; to die down; to settle down”
    • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
    • soundChinese肖 “to resemble”
      • soundChinese小 “small, tiny, little”
        • ideaChinese八 “eight”
        • ideaChinese丨 “To connect vertically; to pass through from top to bottom.”
      • meaningChinese月 “moon (Classifier: 輪／轮 m)”
      • meaningChinese肉 “meat; flesh”
  • characterChinese失 “to lose; to lose track of; to mislay”
    • ideaChinese手 “hand (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn; 雙／双 m mn; 對／对 c)”
    • ideaChinese乙 “The second of the ten heavenly stems (天干 (tiāngān))”

Sources