extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
消 centers on making something disappear or cease: extinguishing a flame, turning off a device, neutralizing an effect, or canceling an event. The common thread is removing presence or activity.
消 combines 氵 (water) with 肖, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of diminishing or vanishing. Water can extinguish fire and wash things away, fitting the core meaning of disappearance.
Water (氵) beside 肖: imagine pouring water over a small flame to extinguish it, or washing away a mark until it disappears. The water makes things vanish.
For ショウ, picture a show where a magician pours water to make something disappear: show -> ショウ, and the water extinguishes the object.
to disappear; to vanish; to go out of sight; to go away; to become lost
consumption; expenditure; spending
to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse
digestion (of food)
fire fighting
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
erasure; deletion; elimination; clearing
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
extinguishing a fire; fire fighting
passive; negative; conservative
news (from someone); letter; contact
eraser; rubber
fire station
fire engine; fire truck
putting out the lights; turning off the lights
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books
negation; denial; negative
to deny; to contradict
postmark; (postal) cancellation mark
Fire and Disaster Management Agency
going out (before burning completely); dying out
informed circles
digestive organ
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
fire extinguisher
consumable goods
consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
consumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer; (end) user; buyer
consumer goods