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消

extinguish
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingショウ
Kun readingき.える、け.す
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. extinguishRtK
  2. blow out
  3. turn off
    彼は電力をむだ使いしないように明かりを消します。He turns off the lights so as not to waste electricity.tatoeba
    彼は電灯を消し忘れた。He forgot to turn off the light.tatoeba
  4. neutralize
  5. cancel
  1. to erase
  2. to rub out
  3. to rub off
  4. to cross out
  5. to delete

Popular Usage

消す消える消しゴム消費消防消化消毒消耗消極的消防署打ち消す打ち消し

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · resemblance · spark · candle · small (小) · little (小) · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 155

Compound words

消すけす
to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete
消えるきえる
to disappear; to vanish; to go out of sight; to go away; to become lost
消しゴムけしゴム
eraser; rubber
消費しょうひ
consumption; expenditure; spending
消防しょうぼう
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade; firefighter
消化しょうか
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding; consumption
消毒しょうどく
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
消耗しょうもう
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
消極的しょうきょくてき
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
消防署しょうぼうしょ
fire station
打ち消すうちけす
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
解消するかいしょうする
to cancel
消化するしょうかする
to digestion
打ち消しうちけし
negation; denial; negative
解消かいしょう
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
消火しょうか
extinguishing a fire; fire fighting
消去しょうきょ
erasure; deletion; elimination; clearing; elimination (of variables)
消極しょうきょく
passive; negative; conservative; depolarization; cathode
消息しょうそく
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
消滅しょうめつ
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination
抹消まっしょう
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
消印けしいん
postmark; (postal) cancellation mark
消灯しょうとう
putting out the lights; turning off the lights
消火器しょうかき
fire extinguisher

Kun Reading Examples

展示されている宝石が消えた。きえる
The jewels on display disappeared.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は彼女の古い電話番号を線を引いて抹消した。
He crossed off her old telephone number.tatoeba
彼は彼女について言ったことを取り消した。
He took back what he had said about her.tatoeba
猪は上手に消える。
Inoshishi disappears to left stage.wiki
＜露が消えるように私も消える＞
<I'll disappear as tsuyu (dew) disappears. >wiki
京都駅前から姿を消す。
The trams in the vicinity of Kyoto Station disappeared.wiki
- 炭火を消すための壷。
Hikeshi tsubo is a pot to extinguish fire.wiki
イモ判、消しゴム判などを使う。
Using imo ban (a stamp made from a potato), keshigomu ban (a stamp made from an eraser), etc.wiki
消費者行動と因習
Behavior of consumer and conventionwiki
女性消費者の開拓
Developments for female consumerswiki
京都市上京消防署
Kyoto City Kamigyo Fire Departmentwiki
東部消防署和束出張所
Tobu Fire Station Wazuka Officewiki
消化しないうちに物を食べる
One eats before food is digested.wiki
ウナギは高蛋白質で消化もよい。
Eels are high in protein and they are also easy to digest.wiki
公卿議定でも武士の派遣に消極的な意見が大勢を占めた。
At the Kugyo-gijo, the majority was reluctant to dispatch samurai.wiki
信三郎は裁判に消極的で、お互いに商品で勝負すべきと発言。
Shinzaburo was passive about the suit to claim that they should compete against each other for their products.wiki
殺菌消毒作用がある。
They have the effect of sterilizing and disinfecting.wiki
眼科で目の洗浄や消毒に使われる。
It is used for washing and disinfecting eyes at ophthalmological clinics.wiki
直接対峙による国力消耗を避けるためである。
It is to avoid wasting national power by coming in conflict with Western countries.wiki
以後2年間はダンピング競争による消耗が続いた。
After that, they continued to exhaust themselves by out-discounting their comeptition for two years.wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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