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灭

miè

extinguish

Depicts putting a cover over a fire (火) to smother it. Simplified from 滅.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a cover used to smother a fire.

火 iconic component

火  Iconic component

huǒ

  

fire

Evolution

灭 Bronze script Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
灭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
灭 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
灭 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
灭 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

灭 (滅) 

miè

extinguish; wipe out, exterminate; to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown

Most common words with 灭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

灭

to drown

消灭

to put an end to

毁灭

to perish

灭亡

to be destroyed

灭绝

to extinguish

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 28.8003% of movies

1169th most common character in movies

953rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Traditional

滅

Unicode

U+706D


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