滅

See also: 灭

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 烕 – to destroy with water (extinguish, flood). 烕 also has sense of “destroy, extinguish”, hence further connotations of these.

Han character

滅 (radical 85 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水戈竹火 (EIHF), four-corner 3315₀)

1. extinguish
2. die
3. wipe out, eradicate, being eradicated

References

• KangXi: page 642, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18008
• Dae Jaweon: page 1049, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1696, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6EC5

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Cantonese

Hanzi

滅 (simplified 灭, Jyutping mit6, Yale mit6)

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Japanese

Kanji

滅

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. destroy
2. fall; collapse; be destroyed
3. die; perish; disappear

Readings

• Goon: めち (mechi), めつ (metsu)
• Kan’on: べつ (betsu)
• Kun: ほろびる (horobiru), ほろぼす (horobosu)

Compounds

滅却 滅相 滅多

滅亡 滅法 滅没 滅裂

潰滅 死滅 消滅

絶滅 殲滅 点滅

References

• Shift JIS: 96C5
• JIS: 4C47

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Korean

Hanja

滅 (myeol) (hangeul 멸, revised myeol, McCune-Reischauer myŏl, Yale myel)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

滅 (simplified 灭, Pinyin miè (mie4), Wade-Giles mieh⁴)

1. extinguish
2. die
3. wipe out, eradicate, being eradicated

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Vietnamese

Han character

滅 (diệt, dột, riết)

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