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消 き.える、け.す 消費(しょうひ): consumption; expenditure消極的(しょうきょくてき): negative; half-hearted; passive; unmotivated; pessimistic消防(しょうぼう): fire fighting; fire department消息(しょうそく): (1) news (from somebody); letter; contact (2) (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements消しゴム(けしゴム): eraser; India rubber消化(しょうか): (1) digestion (2) thorough understanding (3) selling accumulated (excess) products; dealing with a large amount of work (4) losing one's form and turning into something else消毒(しょうどく): disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation取り消す(とりけす): to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke消耗(しょうもう): exhaustion; consumption; waste; dissipation打消す(うちけす): (1) to deny; to contradict (2) to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out打消し(うちけし): negation; denial; negative消す(けす): (1) to erase; to delete; to cross out (2) to turn off power (3) to extinguish; to put out (4) to bump off消える(きえる): to go out; to vanish; to disappear消防署(しょうぼうしょ): fire station消去(しょうきょ): elimination; erasure; dying out; clearing; purge; melting away 3 水: water肖: resemblance 水 4 (none) extinguish You need a few drops of water to extinguish the candle.

Accepted Answer

ショウ extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel 3 345 10 85 みず・したみず・さんずい 形声 Phonetic To extinguish a SPARK, you need WATER.

Kanji	消
Onyomi	ショウ
Kunyomi	き.える、け.す
English	extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
Examples	消費(しょうひ): consumption; expenditure 消極的(しょうきょくてき): negative; half-hearted; passive; unmotivated; pessimistic 消防(しょうぼう): fire fighting; fire department 消息(しょうそく): (1) news (from somebody); letter; contact (2) (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements 消しゴム(けしゴム): eraser; India rubber 消化(しょうか): (1) digestion (2) thorough understanding (3) selling accumulated (excess) products; dealing with a large amount of work (4) losing one's form and turning into something else 消毒(しょうどく): disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation 取り消す(とりけす): to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke 消耗(しょうもう): exhaustion; consumption; waste; dissipation 打消す(うちけす): (1) to deny; to contradict (2) to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out 打消し(うちけし): negation; denial; negative 消す(けす): (1) to erase; to delete; to cross out (2) to turn off power (3) to extinguish; to put out (4) to bump off 消える(きえる): to go out; to vanish; to disappear 消防署(しょうぼうしょ): fire station 消去(しょうきょ): elimination; erasure; dying out; clearing; purge; melting away
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	345
Components	水: water 肖: resemblance
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	水
Radical Number	85
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	extinguish
Koohii Story 1	To extinguish a SPARK, you need WATER.
Koohii Story 2	You need a few drops of water to extinguish the candle.

Fire Extinguish Turn Consumption Somebody's Water 消 ショウ

Fire Extinguish Turn Consumption Somebody's Water 消ショウ