Mandarin Banana

灭

to extinguish or put out / to go out (of a fire etc) / to exterminate or wipe out / to drown | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 灭

In the Erechtheion's bathroom (e4) Marilyn Monroe (mi) was playing the flute (一) so hot that it is on fire (火) now! Luckily there's a fire extinguisher so that she can put it out (灭). - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 3 years ago | add a painting

灭
=
一
+
火

一

yi1 =
y + Ø1

one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 一

Maud Younger (y) plays her flute (一) in front of the space station (Ø1). - Mnemonic by Matthias, about 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
about 5 years ago

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

灭
=
一
+
火

火

huo3 = hu + o3	surname Huo \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 火
huo3 = hu + o3	fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of 火 Helga Horse and Neanderthal Man are starting a fire in Olavinlinna Castle with two large petal leaves. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting

火
=
人
+
丶

人

ren2 =
r + (e)n2

man / person / people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 人

Robinson Crusoe (r-) has just entered the Forbidden City (-en2), when he suddenly meets Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

人
=
丿
+
㇏

丿

pie3 =
pi + e3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丿

Pocahontas (pi-) is watching a giant banana (丿) inside the Erectheion (-e3). - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

人
=
丿
+
㇏

㇏

xx5	character component without inherent meaning / see 捺 \| add a mnemonic for this meaning of ㇏ It's a finger! - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 4 years ago

火
=
人
+
丶

丶

zhu3 =
zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3] | add a mnemonic for this meaning of 丶

This character shall be represented by a petal leaf when appearing in other characters. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

George Giant Squid is trying out two petal leafs as eyebrows in the space station. - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago | add a painting

Image by Matthias,
over 4 years ago

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灭 appears as component in

烕

灭 is the simplified version of 滅 .

HSK level: 5

Pronunciation: Gorodish elements and their mnemonics (what's this?)

mi	Marilyn Monroe - Mnemonic by Matthias, almost 5 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, about 4 years ago
e4	In the Erechtheion's bathroom - Mnemonic by Matthias, over 4 years ago \| add a painting Image by Matthias, over 4 years ago

Words with 灭

消 xiao1 灭 mie4		to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory) (HSK level 5)
毁 hui3 灭 mie4		to perish / to ruin / to destroy (HSK level 6)
灭 mie4 亡 wang2		to be destroyed / to become extinct / to perish / to die out / to destroy / to exterminate (HSK level 6)
熄 xi1 灭 mie4		to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished (HSK level 6)
扑 pu1 灭 mie4		to eradicate / to extinguish
灭 mie4 菌 jun1		to sterilize
毁 hui3 灭 mie4 性 xing4		destructive / devastating
自 zi4 生 sheng1 自 zi4 灭 mie4		to emerge and perish on its own; to run its course (idiom)
灭 mie4 火 huo3 器 qi4		fire extinguisher
歼 jian1 灭 mie4		to wipe out / to crush / to annihilate
灭 mie4 绝 jue2 人 ren2 性 xing4		savage / cannibalistic
灰 hui1 飞 fei1 烟 yan1 灭 mie4		lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom) / fig. to be annihilated / to vanish in a puff of smoke
剿 jiao3 灭 mie4		to eliminate (by armed force)
杀 sha1 灭 mie4		to exterminate
大 da4 义 yi4 灭 mie4 亲 qin1		to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
湮 yin1 灭 mie4		to destroy / to disappear / annihilation
绝 jue2 灭 mie4		to annihilate / to exterminate / extinction
灭 mie4 音 yin1 器 qi4		muffler (of an internal combustion engine)
灭 mie4 绝 jue2		to extinguish / to become extinct / to die out
覆 fu4 灭 mie4		destruction
磨 mo2 灭 mie4		to obliterate / to erase
幻 huan4 灭 mie4		to disillusion / disillusionment / vanishing (illusions, hopes, aspirations etc)
破 po4 灭 mie4		to be shattered / to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
灭 mie4 种 zhong3		to commit genocide / to become extinct / extinction of a race
灭 mie4 火 huo3		to extinguish a fire / firefighting
不 bu4 可 ke3 磨 mo2 灭 mie4		indelible
泯 min3 灭 mie4		to obliterate / to die out / to disappear
灭 mie4 口 kou3		to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret / to silence sb
灭 mie4 顶 ding3		to be drowned (figurative and literal)
灭 mie4 鼠 shu3 药 yao4		rat poison
濒 bin1 灭 mie4		on the brink of extinction
生 sheng1 灭 mie4		life and death
生 sheng1 物 wu4 大 da4 灭 mie4 绝 jue2		great extinction of species
相 xiang1 互 hu4 保 bao3 证 zheng4 毁 hui3 灭 mie4		Mutual Assured Destruction
种 zhong3 族 zu2 灭 mie4 绝 jue2		genocide
自 zi4 取 qu3 灭 mie4 亡 wang2		to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave
兴 xing1 灭 mie4 继 ji4 绝 jue2		lit. to restore the state and revive old families (idiom) / fig. to restore sth that has been destroyed or forgotten
亡 wang2 国 guo2 灭 mie4 种 zhong3		country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
诛 zhu1 灭 mie4		to wipe out / to exterminate
隐 yin3 灭 mie4		to fade away / to vanish / to disappear