烕

Information about character(s)

Radical: 火
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 10
Variants: 滅

Pronunciation

Pinyin: miè
Cantonese: mit6
JapaneseKun: HOROBIRU HOROBOSU
JapaneseOn: KETSU KECHI BETSU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: to destroy; to exterminate to extinguish

康熙字典文字版 【巳集中】【火字部】烕
【唐韻】許劣切【集韻】【韻會】翾劣切，𠀤音𥄎。【說文】𤇳滅也。从火戌。火死于戌。陽氣至戌而盡。【詩·小雅】褒姒烕之。　又【集韻】莫列切，音滅。火滅也。【唐詩古音考】滅，與烕義同而字異。𤇳字原作戌下火。