Character: 滅
Modern (Beijing) reading: miè
Preclassic Old Chinese: met
Classic Old Chinese: met
Western Han Chinese: mjat
Eastern Han Chinese: mjat
Early Postclassic Chinese: mjet
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mjet
Late Postclassic Chinese: mjet
Middle Chinese: mjet
English meaning : to extinguish, annihilate, destroy
Russian meaning[s]: 1) тушить (огонь); гаснуть; 2) погрузиться, утонуть; исчезнуть; 3) уничтожить, стереть с лица земли
Comments: For *m- cf. Xiamen miat8, Chaozhou mik8, Fuzhou miek8, Jianou mie8. For etymology cf. 蔑 *mēt 'destroy, extinish'.
Radical: 85
Four-angle index: 6864
Karlgren code: 0294 b
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