消 (xiāo) — HSK 4 Recognition Character: Meaning & Stroke Order
👁 Recognition only: the official HSK 4 syllabus asks you to recognize 消 when reading — handwriting it is not required (that applies to the 150 writing characters). The stroke animation below is optional but helps memory.
Stroke Order & Practice
Click Animate to see the correct stroke order, then Practice to trace it yourself.
HSK 4 Words Containing 消
取消
to cancel
因为天气原因，航班被取消了。
Yīnwèi tiānqì yuányīn, hángbān bèi qǔxiāo le.
The flight was cancelled due to weather.
消息
news; message; information
你听到那个好消息了吗？
Nǐ tīngdào nàge hǎo xiāoxi le ma?
Did you hear the good news?
Tasks Featuring 消 / 相关任务
Words containing 消 appear in these official HSK 4 task scenarios — study the character in context:
About the character 消
消 (xiāo) means to disappear; to eliminate (as in 消息/消失). It is one of the 150 characters HSK 4 expects you to write from memory. Practice the stroke order until it feels automatic — most learners need 5–10 successful traces before a character "sticks".