Entry
  1. Noun

    partly burned charcoal

  2. cinders; charred remains; burnt-out wreckage

    Colloquialusu. as ~にする/になる

  3. servant boy at a brothel or teahouse

    Archaic

Also written 消炭【けしずみ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel

Kun
き.えるけ.す
On
ショウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
345 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-3-7SKIP code
3a7.16The Kanji Dictionary
3912.7Four corner code
346deroo
6d88Unicode hex code
1-30-35JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2574Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3158New Nelson (John Haig)
443New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
531Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
327Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
402Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
144Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
155Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
336A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
612Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17529PMorohashi
316A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
845Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
864Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
429sakade
686Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
332henshall3
357Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
458crowley
219Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1194Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
146Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiao1Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

charcoal, coal

Kun
すみ
On
タン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1307 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 41

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-3-6, 3-5-4SKIP code
3o6.5The Kanji Dictionary
2228.9Four corner code
1262deroo
70adUnicode hex code
1-35-26JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1418Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3413New Nelson (John Haig)
2257New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2806Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1445Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1947Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
771Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
833Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1007A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1186Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
842Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18953Morohashi
341A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1344Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1427Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
274sakade
713Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
361henshall3
337Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
875Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1267Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
778Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tan4Pinyin reading
tanKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
41WaniKani level