Memory phrase for the character: 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
 
Cover the fire to extinguish it.

Radicals

火 fireAlso this radical 灬 stands for fire.
一 one
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 Vocabulary

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  

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