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Kanji Detail for 消 - "to extinguish, to erase, to disappear"

消

  • Meaning

    消 means "to extinguish, to erase, to disappear."

    1. Disappear - To vanish; to fade away.

    2. Extinguish - To put out fire.

    3. Erase - To remove; to delete.

  • Words using 消

    • 消費 しょうひ Listen consumption; expenditure; spending
    • 消費税 しょうひぜい Listen consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
    • 消費者 しょうひしゃ Listen consumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer; (end) user
    • 解消 かいしょう Listen cancellation; liquidation; resolution
    • 消極的 しょうきょくてき Listen negative; passive; half-hearted
    • 消防 しょうぼう Listen fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade
    • 取り消し とりけし Listen cancellation; withdrawal; abolition
    • 消滅 しょうめつ Listen extinction; extinguishment; disappearance

  • Four-character idioms with 消

    • 意気消沈 いきしょうちん Listen low spirits; depression; dejection
    • 雲散霧消 うんさんむしょう Listen vanishing like mist
    • 雲消霧散 うんしょうむさん Listen vanishing like mist

  • Tattoo check: 消

    • Verified meaning: to extinguish, to erase, to disappear
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かつお, かつたに, かつだに, かつとし)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 消

    Surnames 消(かつお)Listen 消(かつたに)Listen 消(かつだに)Listen 消(かつとし)Listen 消(かつはた)Listen 消(かつや)Listen 消(しょうや)Listen 消(まさお)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    extinguish; blow out; turn off; neutralize; cancel

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    vanish, die out; melt away

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To disappear. The opposite of growth. From large to small, from existing to nothing. As in 消化 (to digest), 消滅 (to eliminate). Hence, ice and snow melting is also called 消.

  • Onyomi

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    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomi

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    ke.su(け-す) け-す

    ki.eru(き-える) き-える

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    to disappear to extinguish to erase eliminate abolish annul cancel delete efface eradicate expunge fade nullify obliterate quench remove smother stifle suppress vanish

Sentences including 消

  • Please turn off the tv.

  • Leave it off.

  • Please keep the fire from going out.

  • Would you please put out your cigarette?

  • Please turn out the light so that i can sleep.

  • I didn't turn off the light.

  • Turn off the light.

  • He took back what he had said about me.

  • He took back what he had said about her.

  • Please remember to put out the light before you go to bed.

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