銷 Stroke Order

銷 銷 xiāo [動] 【本义】: 鎔化金属 (melted metal) 【造字法】: 形聲。从金，肖聲 (Phonetic component: "金" (metal), "肖" (to resemble)). 1. 同本义 (melt) 引: 《說文》：銷，鑠金也。 (In "Shuo Wen", it states: "銷 means to melt gold.") 引: 《史記·秦始皇本紀》：收天下兵，聚之咸陽，銷以爲鍾鍊。 (From "Records of the Grand Historian": "Gathered all the weapons in the land to Xianyang and melted them down for casting bells.") 2. 溶化; 消融 (molten) 引: 唐· 韓愈《苦寒》：雪霜頓銷釋，土脈膏且黏。 (Tang poet Han Yu's "Bitter Cold": "The snow and frost suddenly melt, the soil is greasy and sticky.") 3. 通“消”。清失; 消除; 消散 (eliminate; dispel; dissipate) 引: 穿林大道，銷情。 (To eliminate feelings.) 4. 耗盡，毀滅 (exhaust; use up; destroy) 引: 《漢書·龔勝傳》：薰以香自燒，膏以明自銷。 (From "Han Shu": "Burning incense for aroma, the grease is consumed and used up.") 5. 排遣，打發 (use; get through) 引: 北齊· 顏之推《顏氏家訓》：飽食醉酒，忽忽無事，以此銷日。 (From "Yan Shi Family Instructions": "Full and drunk, drifters have nothing to do, pass the time this way.") 6. 衰敝; 衰殘 (decline; wane; depress) 引: 《漢書·地理志下》：周公遺化銷微，孔氏庠序衰壞。 (From "Han Shu": "The legacy of Zhou Gong has faded, and the Confucian schools have deteriorated.") 7. 消耗，耗費 (consume; use up; expend) 引: 《冤家債主》：典了莊宅，賣了田土，銷乏了幾多錢物。 (In the play "The Debtors": "Pledging houses and selling land, how much wealth is consumed.") 8. 註銷 (cancel; write off) 引: 元· 胡太初《晝簾緒論》：民戶之受害者莫甚於已納重追，皆由案吏不相關照，鄉胥不與銷豁。 (From "Zhou Lian": "Those who suffer most among the people are those who submitted to heavy burdens due to negligence.") 9. 賣，出售 (sell) 引: 康有爲《聞菽園居士欲爲政變說部詩以速之》：我遊上海考書肆，羣書何者銷流多? (Kang Youwei asked: "In Shanghai's bookstores, which books sell the most?") 10. 用栓、銷釘或螺栓別住、連接或結牢 (pin) 例: 如:用銷釘銷牢 (For instance: to pin it down with a nail.) [名] 1. 古代的一種刀 (an ancient knife) 引: 《淮南子》：羊頭之銷，雖水斷龍舟。 (From "Huai Nan Zi": "The knife for slaughtering sheep, even if the waters break a dragon boat.") 2. 生鐵 (pig iron) 引: 《淮南子》：屠者棄銷而鍛者拾之，所緩急異也。 (From "Huai Nan Zi": "The butcher discards the pig iron while the blacksmith picks it up; their priorities differ.") 3. 通“綃”。生絲繒; 帆網 (raw silk) 引: 《淮南子·泛論》：連弩以射，銷車以鬥。 (From "Huai Nan Zi": "Using crossbows to shoot, making a silk net for battling.")