How to write 滅

滅 miè 〈動〉 【本义】: 消滅;除盡 [Original meaning]: extinguish; obliterate 【造字法】: 形聲。从水，烕(miè)聲。 [Character formation]: phono-semantic compound; composed of "water" and the sound component "miè". 【意义】: 1. 同本义 ([En.] extinguish; obliterate; be destroyed; perish) [Same meaning]: To extinguish; to eliminate; to perish. - 引例: 《說文》：滅，盡也。 [Quotation]: "In 'Shuowen' it states that 'mè' means to completely eliminate." - 引例: 《爾雅·釋詁》：滅，絕也。 [Quotation]: "In 'Erya', 'mè' means to erase." - 引例: 《禮記·樂記》：國之滅亡無日矣。 [Quotation]: "In 'Liji', it mentions that a nation may face inevitable destruction soon." - 引例: 《穀梁傳·襄公六年》：家有既亡，國有既滅。 [Quotation]: "In 'Guliangzhuan', it indicates that when a family has perished, the nation follows suit." - 引例: 《呂氏春秋·情勢》：以小畜大滅。 [Quotation]: "In 'Lüshi Chunqiu', it states that small forces can lead to great annihilation." - 引例: 杜牧《阿房宮賦》：誰得而族滅也? [Quotation]: "In 'Epang Palace Ode', it asks who could escape total ethnic extinction?" - 引例: 蘇洵《六國論》：六國破滅，非兵不利，戰不善，敝在賂秦。 [Quotation]: "In 'Liu Guo Lun', it argues that the six states perished not due to weak military but due to bribery." - 引例: 《文心雕龍·明詩》：秦皇滅典，亦造仙詩。 [Quotation]: "In 'Wenxin Diaolong', it notes that Qin Shi Huang extinguished ancient texts but created immortal poetry." - 引例: 《戰國策·魏策》：滅韓亡魏。 [Quotation]: "In 'Stratagems of the Warring States', it states that the annihilation of Han led to the demise of Wei." - 例: - 滅口 (to eliminate witnesses). - 滅亡 (to perish). - 不可磨滅 (indelible). - 滅族 (an ancient form of brutal punishment where all relatives of a convicted person were executed). 2. 消失，隱沒 ([En.] disappear) [To disappear]: To fade away or become concealed. - 引例: 杜甫《戲爲六絕句》：何(荷)校(木枷)滅耳。 [Quotation]: "In Du Fu's 'Six Absolute Poems', it notes the fading of barriers." - 引例: 爾曹身與名俱滅。 [Quotation]: "Your body and name will both vanish." - 例: - 滅抹 (to bury within; to obscure). - 滅名 (to lose reputation). - 滅身 (to sacrifice oneself). - 滅沒 (to be forgotten; to become obscure). - 滅景 (to vanish from sight; to live in seclusion). 3. 熄滅 ([En.] fire or light goes; extinguish) [To extinguish]: Referring to fire or light. - 引例: 唐·杜牧《阿房宮賦》：火不滅。 [Quotation]: "In 'Epang Palace Ode' by Du Mu, it states that fire does not extinguish." - 例: - 滅卻 (to put out). - 滅息 (to extinguish). 4. 淹沒 ([En.] drown; submerge) [To drown]: To submerge completely. - 引例: 《易·大過》：過涉滅頂。 [Quotation]: "In the 'Book of Changes', it describes a situation where the flood is drowning." 5. 塗抹改動 ([En.] alter) [To alter]: To obscure or modify. - 例: - 滅刺 (to erase inscriptions on a name card, indicating reluctance to shake hands). - 滅青 (in ancient times, to alter writing on bamboo slips).