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灭

miè

to extinguish; to wipe out

💡 Ideographic: To cover 一 a flame 火

HSK 6 5 strokes Very Common (10%)

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Component Breakdown

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one; a, an; alone

fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage

⿱一火 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

huǒ

火

fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage

📷 Pictographic: Flames

4 strokes HSK 2

ha

丷

kwukyel

2 strokes

rén

人

man, person; people

📷 Pictographic: The legs of a human being

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 灭 (71)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

to perish / to ruin / to destroy

to perish / to ruin / to destroy

to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished

to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished

to be destroyed / to become extinct / to perish / to die out / to destroy / to exterminate

to be destroyed / to become extinct / to perish / to die out / to destroy / to exterminate

to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory)

to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory)

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

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

to extinguish / to become extinct / to die out

to extinguish / to become extinct / to die out

to wipe out / to crush / to annihilate

to wipe out / to crush / to annihilate

大义灭亲 ↗

to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it

大义灭亲 ↗

to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it

to disillusion / disillusionment / vanishing (illusions, hopes, aspirations etc)

to disillusion / disillusionment / vanishing (illusions, hopes, aspirations etc)

annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)

annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)

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