Chinese Character 滅 Meanings and components.

Form

滅

Meaning

滅 meaning[3] in English

To Extinguish Or Put Out.

To Go Out (Of A Fire Etc).

To Exterminate Or Wipe Out.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 滅 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and old variant of … (烕)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EIHF

How to write 滅

To write滅mie4to extinguish … you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 烕mie4old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 烕 = 滅

滅 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 滅 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 滅, looks as follow:

滅
Pinyin:mie4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Extinguish Or Put Out . To Go Out (Of A Fire Etc) . To Exterminate Or Wipe Out . To Drown
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
烕
Pinyin:mie4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 滅|灭[Mie4]
戌
Pinyin:xu1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: See 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[Qu1 Qu5 Er5]
戊
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Fifth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Fifth In Order . Letter 'E' Or Roman 'V' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Penta
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
火
Pinyin:huo3
Meaning[3]: Surname Huo

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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