Chinese symbol for “obliterate”
磨灭
mó miè
Traditional: 磨滅
to obliterate; to erase
The closest CC-CEDICT match for obliterate is 磨灭 (mó miè), defined as: to obliterate; to erase.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “obliterate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泯灭 (泯滅) | mǐn miè | to obliterate; to die out |
| 销毁 (銷毀) | xiāo huǐ | to destroy (by melting or burning); to obliterate |
| 泯 | mǐn | (bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate |
| 涂抹 (塗抹) | tú mǒ | to paint; to smear |
| 湮没 (湮沒) | yān mò | to bury; to submerge |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 磨灭.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment; to torture |
| 琢磨 | zhuó mó | to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work |
| 磨损 (磨損) | mó sǔn | to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out |
| 磨难 (磨難) | mó nàn | a torment; a trial |
| 消磨 | xiāo mó | to wear down; to sap |
| 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 |
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.