消

音読おんよみ: ショウ

訓読くんよみ:える・け

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 氵(さんずい)

Meaning

extinguish, disappear, put out, erase


  • 消火しょうか — fire extinguishing
  • える — to disappear
  • す — to turn off / erase
  • 消費しょうひ — consumption
  • 消灯しょうとう — lights out
  • 消防しょうぼう — fire fighting

The radical 氵(sanzui) means water. Combined with 肖 (resembling), the character suggests something vanishing or fading away — like water putting out fire. It’s used for concepts involving disappearance, erasure, or extinguishing.

ライトをしてください。
Please turn off the light.

えました。
The fire went out.

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