Chinese symbol for “eradicate”
扑灭
pū miè
Traditional: 撲滅
to eradicate; to extinguish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for eradicate is 扑灭 (pū miè), defined as: to eradicate; to extinguish.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “eradicate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 根除 | gēn chú | to eradicate |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc) |
| 根绝 (根絕) | gēn jué | to eradicate |
| 剪除 | jiǎn chú | to eradicate; to exterminate |
| 铲除 (剷除) | chǎn chú | to root out; to eradicate; to sweep away; to abolish |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 扑灭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扑克 (撲克) | pū kè | poker (game) (loanword); playing cards |
| 扑克牌 (撲克牌) | pū kè pái | poker (card game); playing card |
| 相扑 (相撲) | xiāng pū | sumo wrestling; also pr. [xiang4 pu1] |
| 反扑 (反撲) | fǎn pū | to counterattack; to come back after a defeat |
| 拓扑 (拓撲) | tuò pū | (math.) (loanword) topology |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “eradicate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.