灭 — Chinese character
灭
miè
to extinguish; to wipe out
- Pinyin
- miè
- Radical
- 86 ⽕ (Fire)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 一 火
- Formation
- ideographic — To cover 一 a flame 火
- Traditional
- 滅
Common words with 灭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消灭 (消滅) | xiāo miè | to put an end to; to annihilate |
| 毁灭 (毀滅) | huǐ miè | to perish; to ruin |
| 灭亡 (滅亡) | miè wáng | to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate |
| 灭绝 (滅絕) | miè jué | to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely |
| 歼灭 (殲滅) | jiān miè | to wipe out; to crush |
| 破灭 (破滅) | pò miè | to be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc) |
| 灭火 (滅火) | miè huǒ | to extinguish a fire; firefighting |
| 毁灭性 (毀滅性) | huǐ miè xìng | destructive; devastating |
| 扑灭 (撲滅) | pū miè | to eradicate; to extinguish |
| 种族灭绝 (種族滅絕) | zhǒng zú miè jué | genocide |
| 熄灭 (熄滅) | xī miè | to stop burning; to go out (of fire) |
| 灭口 (滅口) | miè kǒu | to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb |
English words written with 灭
- genocide
- vanish
- nirvana
- perish
- eradicate
- annihilation
- extinguished
- exterminate
- disillusionment
- indelible
- obliterate
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.