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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灭 stroke order animation

Words containing 灭

Word Meaning
to exterminate
muffler (of an internal combustion engine)
extinction; to exterminate; to annihilate
nation destroyed, people wiped out
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
ally with one side to crush another, then betray
dull (lamplight)
to absorb
mass extinction
mass extinction
to massacre; to die out
nirvana (Buddhism); to die out; to fade away
spoil one's mistress and neglect one's wife
extinct
Qing loyalist slogan: kill Western foreigners
to conquer; to defeat (militarily)
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
annihilation (of soul, Sanskrit uccheda)
to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
to flicker; to flash on and off; to brighten and fade
to perish; extinction
to flood; to submerge; to bury
loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law)
nirvana (Buddhism)
to eliminate