• 951st most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 38 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. miè (mie4)to extinguish or put out • to go out (of a fire etc) • to exterminate or wipe out • to drown

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

毁灭 (毀滅)
消灭 (消滅)
 ()

Medium Frequency

幻灭 (幻滅)
扑灭 (撲滅)
泯灭 (泯滅)
湮灭 (湮滅)
灭亡 (滅亡)
灭掉 (滅掉)
灭火 (滅火)
灭火器 (滅火器)
灭绝 (滅絕)
熄灭 (熄滅)
破灭 (破滅)
磨灭 (磨滅)
自生自灭 (自生自滅)
覆灭 (覆滅)
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  • 955th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 32 words
  • Component in 11 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. wáng (wang2)to die • to lose • to be gone • to flee • deceased

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

死亡 

Medium Frequency

 
亡命 
亡国 (亡國)
亡灵 (亡靈)
伤亡 (傷亡)
消亡 
沦亡 (淪亡)
灭亡 (滅亡)
身亡 
逃亡 
阵亡 (陣亡)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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