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灭 - miè

extinguish; wipe out, exterminate

extinguish; wipe out, exterminate

How to read 灭

Click 灭 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinmiè
Englishextinguish; wipe out, exterminate
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

灭亡 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 灭口. Please read 灭国 one more time.

Common words with this character

to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb
to destroy a country; to wipe a nation off the map
to wipe out an entire team or party

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 灭 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 灭亡 and 灭口 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 灭.