消 is the Japanese kanji for extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel. It is written with 10 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is き.える、け.す and its on reading is ショウ.
Stroke order
Words with 消
- 消すto erase, to rub out, to rub off
- 消えるto disappear, to vanish, to go out of sight
- 消しゴムeraser, rubber
- 消費consumption, expenditure, spending
- 解消cancellation, liquidation, resolution
- 消防fire fighting
Practice 消 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.