銷 (xiāo) — to melt down; to cancel, dissolve; to sell

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TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字

銷 character · B1 (est.)

銷＝釒＋肖

ㄒㄧㄠ · xiāo

verb — to melt down; to cancel, dissolve; to sell

字源 FORM — what the parts do

釒義the metal radical — metal

肖聲xiào — gives the soundsmall bits of flesh — resembling, dwindling

Txiào → xiāo — same initial and final, the tone levels

The metal radical (釒) with 肖 xiào for the sound — to melt metal down. From metal going to nothing: to cancel, write off, 註銷、撤銷; to dwindle away, 銷聲匿跡; and to move goods, 銷售、暢銷.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

爐火一逼，整塊金屬（釒）化成水，形狀都銷了。

The furnace bears down; the whole ingot (釒) runs to liquid — its very shape melted away.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)熔銷、鑠金— to melt metal down

→註銷、撤銷— to cancel, write off常用

→銷售、暢銷— to sell; to sell well常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension