消

Extinguish

Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingショウ

Kun readingき.える、け.す

JLPT level: N3 Jōyō Grade 3Level 12

Verbs with «消»

Meanings

extinguishRtK
blow out
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
neutralize
cancel

to erase
to rub out
to rub off
to cross out
to delete

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical水water 氵variant 氺variant

Components

How it's built

消

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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

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

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

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

消化するしょうかする

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

Extinguish; vanish. 氵 (water) + 肖 (shrink) — water putting out a fire until it dwindles away.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 消

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