滅 (miè)
To extinguish; to destroy; to go out (fire).
How 滅 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 滅
- Simplified
- 灭
Common words using 滅
- 毀滅 huǐmiè
- to perish; to ruin; to destroy
- 消滅 xiāomiè
- to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish
- 幻滅 huànmiè
- to disillusion; disillusionment; vanishing (illusions, hopes, aspirations etc)
- 撲滅 pūmiè
- to eradicate; to extinguish
- 泯滅 mǐnmiè
- to obliterate; to die out; to disappear
- 湮滅 yīnmiè
- to destroy; to disappear; annihilation
- 滅亡 mièwáng
- to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish
- 滅掉 mièdiào
- to eliminate
- 滅火 mièhuǒ
- to extinguish a fire; firefighting
- 滅火器 mièhuǒqì
- fire extinguisher
- 滅絕 mièjué
- to extinguish; extinct; to die out
- 熄滅 xīmiè
- to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out
滅 in a sentence
消防隊員很快就把火撲滅了。
Xiāofáng duìyuán hěn kuài jiù bǎ huǒ pūmiè le.
“The firefighters put out the fire very quickly.”
How common is 滅?
滅 is the 951st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 88.3% of all running text.
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