消 - extinguish, blow out, turn off

fire engine; fire truck

writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books

informed circles

fire station

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

eraser; rubber

fire extinguisher

consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)

consumption; expenditure; spending

consumable goods

cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN