消 — extinguish, blow out, turn off

けし消 extinguish

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes

U+6D88 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #345 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #155 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

extinguish
blow out
turn off
neutralize
cancel

word

けし keshi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

消(けし) keshi erasing 取(とり) 消(けし) torikeshi cancellation

しょう shou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

消(しょう) 化(か) shouka digestion 消(しょう) 去(きょ) shoukyo elimination 消(しょう) 費(ひ) shouhi consumption 消(しょう) 極(きょく) shoukyoku passive 消(しょう) 毒(どく) shoudoku disinfection 消(しょう) 失(しつ) shoushitsu disappearance 解(かい) 消(しょう) kaishou cancellation 消(しょう) 防(ぼう) shoubou fire fighting

き ki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

消(き) える kieru to disappear

け ke Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

消(け) す kesu to erase 取(と) り消(け) す torikesu to cancel 取(と) り消(け) し torikeshi cancellation

Appears in idioms

意気消沈四字熟語

idea, spirit, extinguish, sink

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

氵 water (left form)

しょう肖 resemblance

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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