消灭 xiāomiè eliminate

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Traditional: 消滅

Stroke order

消灭 is written in 15 strokes across 2 characters.

消灭 — the Chinese character for eliminate (xiāomiè), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 消灭 — eliminate

消 — 10 strokes
灭 — 5 strokes

Senses

to put an end to
to annihilate
to cause to perish
to perish
annihilation (in quantum field theory)

Characters in 消灭

消 xiāo — to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
灭 miè — to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

消灭 is pronounced xiāomiè and means “eliminate”.

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