Chinese symbol for “nirvana”
寂灭
jì miè
Traditional: 寂滅
to die out; to fade away; nirvana (Buddhism)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nirvana is 寂灭 (jì miè), defined as: to die out; to fade away; nirvana (Buddhism).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nirvana”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 醍醐 | tí hú | refined cream cheese; fig. crème de la crème |
| 灭度 (滅度) | miè dù | to extinguish worries and the sea of grief; nirvana (Buddhism) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 寂灭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寂寞 | jì mò | lonely; lonesome |
| 寂静 (寂靜) | jì jìng | quiet |
| 沉寂 | chén jì | silence; stillness |
| 孤寂 | gū jì | lonesome; desolate |
| 死寂 | sǐ jì | deathly stillness |
| 圆寂 (圓寂) | yuán jì | (of a Buddhist monk or nun) to pass away; to die |
| 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 “nirvana”.
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.