泯
mǐn

destroy

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 民 represents the sound. Simplified form of 冺.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

民
民 Sound component
mín people

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmjinmi[n]destroy
Zhengzhangmin
minʔ
Unicodemǐn

說文解字

滅也。从水民聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)