消 — extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel

Readings

On'yomi

ショウ

Kun'yomi

き.えるけ.す

Example words

• 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