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烕

miè

extinguish

Phonosemantic compound. 戌 represents the sound and 火 represents the meaning.

Components
戌 sound component

戌  Sound component

xū, qu

  

11th terrestrial branch

火 meaning component

火  Meaning component

huǒ

  

fire

Evolution

烕 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
烕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
烕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

烕  

miè

to destroy; to exterminate to extinguish; old variant of 滅|灭[miè]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

滅

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

滅

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*m̥et

xjwiet

xuè

extinguish, destroy


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+70D5

Shuowen

“烕，滅也。从火，戌。火死於戌，陽氣至戌而盡。《詩》曰：‘赫赫宗周，褒似烕之。’”


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