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Character: 蔑
Modern (Beijing) reading: miè
Preclassic Old Chinese: mēt
Classic Old Chinese: mēt
Western Han Chinese: mjāt
Eastern Han Chinese: miāt
Early Postclassic Chinese: miēt
Middle Postclassic Chinese: miēt
Late Postclassic Chinese: miēt
Middle Chinese: miet
English meaning : to destroy; have no; also fa 2 "to show recognition, to honor"
Russian meaning[s]: 1) не иметь, быть без...; 2) ничтожный; считать мелким, пренебрегать, презирать; отбрасывать; 3) обманывать
Comments: Related to 滅 *met q.v.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 140
Four-angle index: 6872
Karlgren code: 0311 a-e
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mē̆t
Meaning: extinguish, destroy
Chinese: 蔑 *mēt destroy, extinguish; have no; 滅 *met extinguish, destroy.
Tibetan: med-pa not exist, have not.
Kachin: (Ben.) si-mit.
Lushai: mit (miʔ) die out, be extinguished, KC *mit.
Lepcha: mŭt to be finished, as word, cause
Comments: BG: Garo ki-mit; Miri mit; Rawang sǝmit; Sh. 196, 410; Ben. 80; Coblin 61-62.
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