滅 Stroke Order

滅 miè 【Verb】 1. 火熄 (extinguish fire) Example: 熄滅 (to extinguish) 2. 完，尽，使不存在 (to complete; to exhaust; to make non-existent) Example: 滅口 (to silence someone) Example: 滅亡 (to perish) Example: 不可磨滅 (indelible) Example: 滅族 (a cruel ancient punishment where a person's crime leads to the execution of their entire family) 3. 淹沒 (to drown; to submerge) Example: 滅頂之災 (a disaster that drowns) 【Additional Meanings】 1. 同本义 (the same as the original meaning) - [En.] extinguish; obliterate; be destroyed; perish 2. 消失，隐没 (to disappear) - [En.] disappear 3. 熄灭 (to extinguish fire or light) - [En.] fire or light goes; extinguish 4. 淹没 (to drown) - [En.] drown; submerge 5. 涂抹改动 (to alter) - [En.] alter 【Citations】 - 《说文》: 滅，盡也。 - 《尔雅·释诂》: 滅，绝也。 - 《礼记·乐记》: 国之灭亡无日矣。 - 《穀梁傳·襄公六年》: 家有既亡，国有既灭。 - 《吕氏春秋·情势》: 以小畜大灭。 - 杜牧《阿房宫赋》: 谁得而族灭也? - 苏洵《六国论》: 六国破灭，非兵不利，战不善，弊在贿秦。 - 《文心雕龙·明诗》: 秦皇灭典，亦造仙诗 - 《战国策·魏策》: 灭韩亡魏。 【Examples of Usage】 - 又如: 滅於絳 (to be extinguished at evening) - 一朝而滅 (to perish in one morning) - 滅親 (to sever familial relations) - 滅戶 (to have the whole family die; to end the lineage) - 消灭 (to eliminate; to extinguish) - 毁灭 (to destroy) - 滅夷 (to obliterate) - 滅劫 (obliterating disaster) 2. 消失，隐没 (to disappear) Example: 滅抹 (to bury) Example: 滅名 (to lose reputation) Example: 滅身 (to perish; self-destruction) Example: 滅没 (to be buried; to be hidden) Example: 滅景 (to disappear from sight; refer to seclusion) 3. 熄灭 (to extinguish) Example: 火不灭 (the fire does not go out) Example: 滅卻 (to extinguish) Example: 滅息 (to extinguish) 4. 淹没 (to drown) Example from 《易·大过》: 过涉灭顶 (drowning by crossing a flood) 5. 涂抹改动 (to alter) Example: 如: 滅刺 (erasing the writing on a business card, indicating unwillingness to make inquiries) Example: 滅青 (referring to ancient practices of cutting altered characters on bamboo slips)