Chinese Character 灭 Meanings and components.

Form

灭

Meaning

灭 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 灭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are one (一) , and surname Huo (火)

Its radical^[1] is: 火 (huo3) which means: Surname Huo, .火huo3surname Huo

In cangjie it is written with MF

How to write 灭

To write灭mie4to extinguish … you should write a combination of 一yi1one , 火huo3surname Huo arranged in a 吕 shape:

一 + 火 = 灭

灭 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

灭

Pinyin:mie4 Shape:吕

Meaning^[3]: To Extinguish Or Put Out . To Go Out (Of A Fire Etc) . To Exterminate Or Wipe Out . To Drown

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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