mǐn
destroy
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 民 represents the sound. Simplified form of 冺.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 泯
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to vanish | ||
to obliterate | ||
not totally heartless | ||
to vanish |
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