miè
extinguish
Depicts putting a cover over a fire (火) to smother it. Simplified from 滅.
Components
Evolution
Bronze script
Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 灭
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to drown | ||
to put an end to | ||
to perish | ||
to be destroyed | ||
to extinguish |
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