1. 熄
  2. 滅

熄

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  1. 熄 is the 2852nd most frequent character.
  2. 熄 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 熄 appears as a character in 5 words.
  4. 熄 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
熄 => 火, 息
Radical :
熄 => 火 (fire), 自 (self), 心 (heart)
Graphical :
熄 => 丿, 丶, 冫, 口, 二, 丶, 𠁼, ㇃

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. xi1 - to extinguish/to put out (fire)/to quench/to stop burning/to go out (of fire, lamp etc)/to come to an end/to wither away/to die out

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 熄 (xi1): The component 息 is pronounced as 'xi1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 熄 (xi1): The component 自 is pronounced as 'zi4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 熄 (xi1): The component 心 is pronounced as 'xin1'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

Medium Frequency

熄 
熄灭 (熄滅)
熄火 
熄灯 (熄燈)

滅

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  1. 滅 is the 951st most frequent character.
  2. 滅 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 滅 appears as a character in 38 words.
  4. 滅 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
滅 => 氵, 烕
Radical :
滅 => 氵 (water), 厂 (cliff), 戈 (spear), 一 (one), 火 (fire)
Graphical :
滅 => ⺀, ㇀, 厂, 戈, 一, 丿, 丶, 冫

Pinyin & Meaning:

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

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

毁灭 (毀滅)
消灭 (消滅)
灭 (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)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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