烕
miè

extinguish

← Back to history
approved by Peter Olson · Dec 24, 2021, 08:44 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 24, 2021, 08:44 PM

verify

Changed fields: gloss, hint, isVerified, components, customSources, strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages

Phonosemantic compound. 戌 represents the sound and 火 represents the meaning.

Components

戌
戌 Sound component
Change in sound
灭
灭 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjwietm̥et extinguish, destroy

說文解字

《說文》：“烕，滅也。从火，戌。火死於戌，陽氣至戌而盡。《詩》曰：‘赫赫宗周，褒似烕之。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)