Kanji Detail for 銷 - "melt, extinguish, exhaust, damage, scatter"

銷

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
銷 means "melt, extinguish, exhaust, damage, scatter."
1. Melt - To dissolve; to liquefy metal.
2. Extinguish - To put out; to disappear.
3. Exhaust - To use up completely.
4. Damage - To harm; to diminish.
5. Scatter - To disperse.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

erase; shut (door)

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

melt, fuse; market, sell; to pass time, finish, cancel

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to melt (metal); to cancel; to annul; to sell; to expend; to spend; pin; bolt; to fasten with a pin or bolt

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell

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

To melt. To put metal in fire and melt it. | To exhaust. Gradually decreasing until nothing remains is called 銷. As in 銷耗 (consume), 銷滅 (extinguish). | When goods are sold, it is called 銷.
Onyomi

shoh(しょう)
Kunyomi

ke.su(けす)

to.keru(とける)
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

金 (kane・kanehen)
Related Keywords
melt dissolve liquefy metal extinguish put disappear exhaust use completely damage harm diminish scatter disperse