Today’s #kanji is 消, which is listed under its semantic element of #さんずいへん（氵）, which suggests a connection with water. Its phonetic element is 肖, which has the meaning of “small (quantity).”
Meaning: to disappear, to erase, to spend
Reading: ショウ、き（ぎ）、け
消化（ショウカ）する: to digest (food); to absorb (workload)
消火（ショウカ）: fire extinguishing, firefighting
消去（ショウキョ）する: to delete, to erase, to eliminate
消費（ショウヒ）: consumption, spending
消防（ショウボウ）車（シャ）: a fire engine
解消（カイショウ）する: to be dissolved, to dissolve, to cancel
消（き）える: vi. (for light/fire) to go out, (for power) to go off; to disappear; (for feelings) to fade
明かりが消えた。The light went out.
雪が消える。The snow melts.
ジョンさんは人ごみに消えた、John disappeared in a crowd.
悲しみは消えない。My sorrow doesn’t go away.
立（た）ち消（ぎ）え: (a flame) going out beore burning properly; fizzling out
その計画は立ち消えになった。 The plan fizzled out.
消（け）す: vt. to put out (a fire); to switch off (an appliance); to erase: to remove
明かりを消した。I turned the light off.
字を消した。I erased the character.
ジョンさんは姿を消した。John went into hiding.
打（う）ち消（け）し: (a) denial, (a) negation
取（と）り消（け）す: to cancel, to revoke, to retract
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- さんずいへん
法
深
