Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 烕 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (滅)
Simplified (灭)
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Historical Evolution
灭
Bronze
Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
灭
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
灭
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
灭
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
灭
Seal
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
灭
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
灭
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
灭
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
灭
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
灭
Regular
Modern
Chinese
灭 / 滅 [miè]
to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (71)
消灭 [xiāomiè] #3,236
to put an end to
毁灭 [huǐmiè] #2,553
to perish
灭亡 [mièwáng] #7,854
to be destroyed
灭绝 [mièjué] #7,785
to extinguish
灭火 [mièhuǒ] #10,753
to extinguish a fire
扑灭 [pūmiè] #12,381
to eradicate
破灭 [pòmiè] #10,115
to be shattered
熄灭 [xīmiè] #9,364
to stop burning
歼灭 [jiānmiè] #15,811
to wipe out
灭口 [mièkǒu] #11,041
to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret
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JAPANESE WORDS (133)
⭐ 消滅 [しょうめつ] #3,624
extinction
⭐ 滅ぼす [ほろぼす] #4,097
to destroy
⭐ 滅びる [ほろびる] #4,883
to go to ruin
⭐ 全滅 [ぜんめつ] #4,922
total destruction
⭐ 破滅 [はめつ] #5,171
ruin
⭐ 滅多に [めったに] #6,119
rarely
⭐ 壊滅 [かいめつ] #8,444
(complete) destruction
殲滅 [せんめつ] #8,477
annihilation
滅ぶ [ほろぶ] #8,777
to go to ruin
⭐ 滅亡 [めつぼう] #9,924
downfall
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