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Kanji Grade 3 - 消

Kanji character Grade 3 消. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 3 - 消
About
extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
Kun: き.える、 け.す
On: ショウ
10 strokes
Radical: water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts: 尚 汁 月
 
Onyomi
消化 【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
消火 【ショウカ】 fire fighting, extinguishing a fire
費消 【ヒショウ】 spending, consumption, misappropriation, embezzlement
曖昧性解消 【アイマイセイカイショウ】 disambiguation
 
Kunyomi
消える 【きえる】 to go out, to vanish, to disappear
消す 【けす】 to erase, to delete, to cross out, to turn off (power), to switch off, to extinguish, to put out, to bump off