泯 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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mǐn

destroy

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 民 represents the sound. Simplified form of 冺.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

民 Sound component

mín

people

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

mǐn

destroy, eliminate; perish; to vanish; to die out; to obliterate

mǐn

variant of 泯[mǐn]

Most common words with 泯

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*mi[n]	mjin	mǐn	destroy

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4320th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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