Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さんずい

Meaning: water

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

防車(しょうぼうしゃ)   fire-engine

費者(しょうひしゃ)   consumer

火器(しょうかき)   fire extinguisher

極的な(しょうきょくてきな)   passive

火する(しょうかする)   extinguish a fire

化する(しょうかする)   digest [v.t.]

毒する(しょうどくする)   disinfect, sterilize

する(かいしょうする)   cancel, liquidate

える(きえる)   go out, disappear [v.i.]

す(けす)   erase, delete, turn off [v.t.]

しゴム(けしゴム)   eraser

印(けしいん)   postmark

Onyomi Examples

ショウカ fire fighting, extinguishing a fire

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

ヒショウ spending, consumption, misappropriation, embezzlement

曖昧性解 アイマイセイカイショウ disambiguation

Kunyomi Examples

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

けす to erase, to delete, to cross out, to turn off (power), to switch off, to extinguish, to put out, to bump off