滅

miè

extinguish; wipe out, exterminate

How to write 滅, stroke by stroke

to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown

Ideographic: To extinguish a flame 烕 with water 氵; 烕 also provides the pronunciation

Made of 氵 + 烕

毀滅huǐ mièto perish; to ruin; to destroy
消滅xiāo mièto put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory)
滅絕miè juéto become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely; to exterminate
滅亡miè wángto be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate
熄滅xī mièto stop burning; to go out (of fire); to die out; extinguished
殲滅jiān mièto wipe out; to crush; to annihilate
滅火miè huǒto extinguish a fire; firefighting
毀滅性huǐ miè xìngdestructive; devastating
破滅pò mièto be shattered; to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
滅口miè kǒuto kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb
撲滅pū mièto eradicate; to extinguish
滅掉miè diàoto eliminate

火自然熄滅了。
huǒ zì rán xī miè le 。
The fire went out by itself.
消防隊員很快就把火撲滅了。
xiāo fáng duì yuán hěn kuài jiù bǎ huǒ pū miè le 。
The firemen soon put out the fire.
雨沒大到能把火澆滅。
yǔ méi dà dào néng bǎ huǒ jiāo miè 。
The rain wasn't heavy enough to put out the fire.
要即時撲滅那火災並不容易。
yào jí shí pū miè nà huǒ zāi bìng bù róng yì 。
It was not easy to put out the fire at once.
一場毀滅性的地震襲擊了這個州的首府。
yì chǎng huǐ miè xìng de dì zhèn xí jī le zhè gè zhōu de shǒu fǔ 。
A devastating earthquake hit the state capital.