滅 (mit6 | mie4) : destroy; extinguish; disappear

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滅

mit6

mie4

[1] destroy; annihilate; do away with; eradicate
[2] (of a light, fire, etc) extinguish; go/put out
[3] disappear; perish; submerge; drown

Stroke count: 13

Level: 2

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

滅 / 灭

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Feb 2011 03:35

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毀滅性 wai2 mit6 sing3 hui3 mie4 xing4 = destructive nature

毀滅 wai2 mit6 hui3 mie4 = destroy; ruin; annihilate

消滅 siu1 mit6 xiao1 mie4 = to perish; to destroy; to annihilate

熄滅 sik1 mit6 xi1 mie4 = to extinguish; to die out; (of fire) to go out

殲滅 cim1 mit6 jian1 mie4 = to wipe out; to destroy; to annihilate

磨滅 mo4 mit6 = efface; wear away

不可磨滅 bat1 ho2 mo4 mit6 bu4 ke3 mo2 mie4 = indelible 國

滅火筒 mit6 fo2 tung4*2 mie4 huo3 tong3 = fire extinguisher

滅菌 mit6 kwan2 mie4 jun4 (Taiwan), mie4 jun1 (PRC) = sterilization

大量毀滅 daai6 loeng6 wai2 mit6 = to decimate
See all 36 compounds (CantoDict reports 37 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 滅
Unicode code for this character: U+6ec5 (off-site link)

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