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Kanji Information Sheet for 消 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 水 (みず) – water
Henshall Mnemonic: water has vanished from our little moon
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #345 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #345 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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JLPT N5 Words
- 消える [きえる]
(v1) to go out; to vanish; to disappear [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消す [けす]
(v5s) (1) to erase; to delete; (2) to turn off power; (3) to bump off (sl) [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 消費 [しょうひ]
(n,vs) consumption; expenditure [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消防 [しょうぼう]
(n) fire fighting; fire department [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 消極的 [しょうきょくてき]
(adj-na) passive [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消毒 [しょうどく]
(n,vs) disinfection; sterilization [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消防署 [しょうぼうしょ]
(n) fire station [K] [D] [Jisho] - 打ち消す [うちけす]
(v5s) to deny; to negate; to contradict [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消耗 [しょうもう]
(n,vs) exhaustion; consumption [K] [D] [Jisho] - 取り消す [とりけす]
(v5s) to cancel [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消化 [しょうか]
(n,vs) digestion [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 消息 [しょうそく]
(n) news; letter; circumstances [K] [D] [Jisho] - 打ち消し [うちけし]
(n) (gram) negation; denial; negative [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 消火 [しょうか]
(n,vs) fire fighting; extinguishing a fire [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消火器 [しょうかき]
(n) fire extinguisher [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消極 [しょうきょく]
(n) negative; conservative [K] [D] [Jisho] - 取消し [とりけし]
(n) cancellation; cancel (CAN) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消息筋 [しょうそくすじ]
(n) informed circles [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消灯 [しょうとう]
(n,vs) putting out (switching off) the light; extinction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消費財 [しょうひざい]
(n) consumer goods [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消費者 [しょうひしゃ]
(n) consumer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 帳消し [ちょうけし]
(n) cancellation; writing off [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消費税 [しょうひぜい]
(n) consumption tax [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消防車 [しょうぼうしゃ]
(n) fire-engine [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消防庁 [しょうぼうちょう]
Fire and Disaster Management Agency (formerly: Fire Defense Agency) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 抹消 [まっしょう]
(n,vs) erasure; delete (e.g. DEL character) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消滅 [しょうめつ]
(n,vs) (1) lapse; annihilation (physics); (2) extinguishment; termination (e.g. of legal representation) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 立ち消え [たちぎえ]
(n) die out; fall through [K] [D] [Jisho] - 打消し [うちけし]
(n) (gram) negation; denial; negative [K] [D] [Jisho] - 打消す [うちけす]
(v5s) to deny; to negate; to contradict [K] [D] [Jisho] - 取り消し [とりけし]
(n) cancellation; cancel (CAN) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消印 [けしいん]
(n) postmark; (postal) cancellation mark [K] [D] [Jisho] - 解消 [かいしょう]
(n,vs) cancellation; liquidation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 消化器 [しょうかき]
(n) digestive organs [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.