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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- mie4
- English meanings
- destruction, go out, put out, wipe out, extermination, put/go out, put, exterminate, turn off, destroy, extinguish
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 一; bottom 火.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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belittle; defame
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Related words
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- 歼灭
- 毁灭
- 消灭
- 灭亡
- 灭绝
- 破灭