miè

to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc)

HSK 6 #953

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 953rd character
Radical ⽕ (86.1)
Strokes 5
Index # 223
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

灭 miè
  1. 1. to extinguish or put out
  2. 2. to go out (of a fire etc)
  3. 3. to exterminate or wipe out
  4. 4. to drown

Stroke order

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Words containing 灭

Word Meaning
to destroy; to ruin; to perish
to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish
to be destroyed; to perish; to die out
to stop burning; to go out (of fire); extinguished
to extinguish; to become extinct; to die out
to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
to extinguish a fire; firefighting
to silence sb
to extinguish; to eradicate
devastating; destructive
to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
fire extinguisher
to wipe out; to annihilate; to crush
fig. to be annihilated; to vanish in a puff of smoke
to disappear; to destroy; annihilation
destruction
to obliterate; to erase
disillusionment; (of a person) to become disillusioned
to commit genocide; to become extinct; extinction of a race
indelible
to obliterate; to disappear; to die out
to sterilize
to be devoid of all humanity; inhuman; bestial
to eliminate (by armed force)
put justice before family; punish own kin
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