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消 = 肖 + 水
消 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “extinguish”. It is built from 肖 (resemblance) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 155.
- Keyword
- extinguish
- RTK frame
- 155
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- き.える, け.す
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- тушить
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 消 vanish
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 消 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “resemblance” + “water”. 消 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 消 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.