Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N3
345 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
Kunyomi: き.える け.す
Onyomi: ショウ
Composition: 氵 肖
Radical: 水
Reading: さんずい
Meaning: water
Strokes: 3
消防車（しょうぼうしゃ） fire-engine
消費者（しょうひしゃ） consumer
消火器（しょうかき） fire extinguisher
消極的な（しょうきょくてきな） passive
消火する（しょうかする） extinguish a fire
消化する（しょうかする） digest [v.t.]
消毒する（しょうどくする） disinfect, sterilize
解消する（かいしょうする） cancel, liquidate
消える（きえる） go out, disappear [v.i.]
消す（けす） erase, delete, turn off [v.t.]
消しゴム（けしゴム） eraser
消印（けしいん） postmark
消火 （ショウカ） fire fighting, extinguishing a fire
消化 （ショウカ） digestion (of food), digestion (of information), assimilation, thorough understanding, consumption, absorption, using up, meeting (e.g. a quota), completion, losing one's form and turning into something else
費消 （ヒショウ） spending, consumption, misappropriation, embezzlement
曖昧性解消 （アイマイセイカイショウ） disambiguation
消える （きえる） to disappear, to vanish, to go out of sight, to go away, to become lost, to go out (of a fire, light, etc.), to die, to turn off (e.g. of a TV screen), to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.), to vanish (e.g. of hope), to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness), to disappear, to fade away (e.g. of footsteps), to wear away (e.g. of an inscription), to rub out (of writing), to fade (e.g. of ink), to be lost (e.g. of a tradition), to die out, to disappear
消す （けす） to erase, to delete, to cross out, to turn off (power), to switch off, to extinguish, to put out, to bump off
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N3
345 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
Kunyomi: き.える け.す
Onyomi: ショウ
Composition: 氵 肖
Radical: 水
Reading: さんずい
Meaning: water
Strokes: 3
消防車（しょうぼうしゃ） fire-engine
消費者（しょうひしゃ） consumer
消火器（しょうかき） fire extinguisher
消極的な（しょうきょくてきな） passive
消火する（しょうかする） extinguish a fire
消化する（しょうかする） digest [v.t.]
消毒する（しょうどくする） disinfect, sterilize
解消する（かいしょうする） cancel, liquidate
消える（きえる） go out, disappear [v.i.]
消す（けす） erase, delete, turn off [v.t.]
消しゴム（けしゴム） eraser
消印（けしいん） postmark
消火 （ショウカ） fire fighting, extinguishing a fire
消化 （ショウカ） digestion (of food), digestion (of information), assimilation, thorough understanding, consumption, absorption, using up, meeting (e.g. a quota), completion, losing one's form and turning into something else
費消 （ヒショウ） spending, consumption, misappropriation, embezzlement
曖昧性解消 （アイマイセイカイショウ） disambiguation
消える （きえる） to disappear, to vanish, to go out of sight, to go away, to become lost, to go out (of a fire, light, etc.), to die, to turn off (e.g. of a TV screen), to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.), to vanish (e.g. of hope), to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness), to disappear, to fade away (e.g. of footsteps), to wear away (e.g. of an inscription), to rub out (of writing), to fade (e.g. of ink), to be lost (e.g. of a tradition), to die out, to disappear
消す （けす） to erase, to delete, to cross out, to turn off (power), to switch off, to extinguish, to put out, to bump off