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Chinese symbol for “extinguished”

熄灭
xī miè
Traditional: 熄滅
to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished

The closest CC-CEDICT match for extinguished is 熄灭 (xī miè), defined as: to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

熄 xī
to extinguish, to put out, to quench
radical 86 ⽕ · 14 strokes
灭 miè
to extinguish; to wipe out
radical 86 ⽕ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “extinguished”

WordPinyinMeaning
汩gǔconfused; extinguished

Related words

Other words that share a character with 熄灭.

WordPinyinMeaning
熄灯 (熄燈)xī dēngturn out the lights; lights out
熄火xī huǒ(of fire, lamp etc) to go out; to put out (fire)
吹熄chuī xīto blow out (a flame)
智熄zhì xī(slang) extremely foolish; beyond stupid (pun on 窒息 (zhì xī))
熄屏xī píngvariant of 息屏 (xī píng)
消灭 (消滅)xiāo mièto put an end to; to annihilate
毁灭 (毀滅)huǐ mièto perish; to ruin
灭亡 (滅亡)miè wángto be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to 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.

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