消 (xiāo) means “to diminish”. The 消 stroke order has 10 strokes; the animation above shows them one at a time. Its radical is 氵. To practise how to write 消, open writing practice; to hear how to pronounce 消, use the pronunciation trainer.
Words with 消
消 — xiāo, to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take