Memory phrase for the character: 销

销

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Meaning to melt (metal), to cancel, to sell, to spent, bolt

Pronunciation

xiāo

Explanation

Left: metal 钅(=金 covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)

Mnemonic
 
Metal and alikes can be melted, sold or used as a bolt.

Radicals

金 gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
肖 alike, resembleThe small 小 bodies 月 are alike.
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 Vocabulary

供销 gōng xiāo  supply and marketing; distribution; supply and sales
销售 xiāo shòu  to sell; market; sales
撤销 chè xiāo  to repeal; to revoke; to undo (computing)
畅销 chàng xiāo  best seller; chart-topping
销账 xiāo zhàng  to write off; to cancel an item from accounts
销声匿迹 xiāo shēng nì jì  to vanish without trace (idiom); to lie low
黯然销魂 àn rán xiāo hún  overwhelming sadness (idiom); sorrow at parting
黯然销魂 àn rán xiāo hún  

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