10 strokes

extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel

Kunき.える、け.す
Onショウ

Radicals

Common words

  • 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 rub out, to rub off, to cross out, to delete, to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.), to switch off, to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.), to put out, to remove (a smell, pain, etc.), to eliminate, to get rid of, to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.), to neutralize (poison), to drown out (a sound), to deaden, to absorb, to muffle, to kill, to murder, to bump off, to rub out
  • 消滅しょうめつ
    extinction, extinguishment, disappearance, vanishing, termination, lapse, annihilation
  • 解消かいしょう
    cancellation, liquidation, resolution, reduction (e.g. of stress)
  • 取り消すとりけす
    to cancel, to withdraw, to retract, to take back (words, etc.), to revoke
  • 消防士しょうぼうし
    firefighter, fireman
  • 消費しょうひ
    consumption, expenditure, spending
  • 消費者しょうひしゃ
    consumer
  • 消極的しょうきょくてき
    negative, passive, half-hearted, unmotivated
  • 消防しょうぼう
    fire fighting, fire department, fire brigade
  • 取り消しとりけし
    cancellation, withdrawal, abolition, revocation, cancel, CAN
  • 消印けしいん
    postmark, (postal) cancellation mark
  • 消息しょうそく
    news (from someone), letter, contact, (someone's) whereabouts, (someone's) movements
  • 消化しょうか
    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
  • 消しゴムけしゴム
    eraser, rubber
  • 消火しょうか
    fire fighting, extinguishing a fire
  • 消去しょうきょ
    elimination, erasure, clearing, dissipating, melting away, elimination (of variables)
  • 消毒しょうどく
    disinfection, sterilization, sterilisation
  • 消耗しょうもう
    exhaustion, consumption, using up, dissipation, waste
  • 打ち消すうちけす
    to deny, to contradict, to negate (esp. a sound), to drown out