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The kanji 消: meaning, readings and stroke order
消
- Meaning
- go out, turn off
- On reading
- ショウ shou
- Kun reading
- き（える） kieru、け（す） kesu
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tắt, biến mất (tiêu)
- Japanese
- きえる。けす。
- Korean
- 사라지다, 끄다 (소)
- Chinese
- 消失、关掉
Readings, words and example sentences
ショウ shou · on reading
消化
digestion
よく かんで 消化を よく します。
I chew well so my food is easy to digest.
き（える） kieru · kun reading
消える
to go out, to disappear
風で 明かりが 消えました。
The wind blew out the light.
け（す） kesu · kun reading
消す
to turn off
へやを 出る ときは 明かりを 消します。
When I leave the room, I turn off the light.
Practise writing 消 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 消 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.