Memory phrase for the Kanji: 灭
灭
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Meaning
to extinguish or put out, wipe out, to drown
Pronunciation
miè
Explanation
Top: a cover 一, below: fire 火
Mnemonic
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Cover the fire to extinguish it.
Radicals
火
fire Also this radical 灬 stands for fire.
一
one
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Vocabulary
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消灭
xiāo miè
to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)
灭亡
miè wáng
to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
歼灭
jiān miè
to wipe out; to crush; to annihilate
剿灭
jiǎo miè
to eliminate (by armed force)
熄灭
xī miè
to stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished
熄灭
xī miè