消 - extinguish, blow out, turn off

disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation

negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated

to disappear; to vanish; to go out of sight; to go away; to become lost

passive; negative; conservative

consumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer; (end) user; buyer

extinguishing a fire; fire fighting

cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete

digestion (of food)

news (from someone); letter; contact

erasure; deletion; elimination; clearing