Chinese symbol for “exterminate”
杀灭
shā miè
Traditional: 殺滅
to exterminate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for exterminate is 杀灭 (shā miè), defined as: to exterminate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “exterminate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 杀绝 (殺絕) | shā jué | to exterminate |
| 殄 | tiǎn | to exterminate |
| 灭绝 (滅絕) | miè jué | to become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely |
| 殪 | yì | to exterminate |
| 夷 | yí | non-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 杀灭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自杀 (自殺) | zì shā | to kill oneself; to commit suicide |
| 杀人 (殺人) | shā rén | to kill a person; to commit murder |
| 谋杀 (謀殺) | móu shā | to murder; to assassinate |
| 屠杀 (屠殺) | tú shā | to massacre; to slaughter |
| 杀害 (殺害) | shā hài | to murder |
| 杀死 (殺死) | shā sǐ | to kill |
| 消灭 (消滅) | xiāo miè | to put an end to; to annihilate |
| 毁灭 (毀滅) | huǐ miè | to perish; to ruin |
See also: Japanese symbol for “exterminate”.
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.