TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
滅
滅 ＝ 氵 ＋ 烕
ㄇㄧㄝˋ · miè
verb — to extinguish, put out; to destroy, wipe out
字源 FORM — what the parts do
氵義water
烕聲miè — gives the sounda fire 火 cut down under a halberd 戌 — to put out
Water (氵) thrown on a fire — to put it out. 烕 miè carries the sound, and inside it a fire (火) struck down under a weapon (戌). From quenching, destroying and wiping out entirely: 消滅、滅亡、毀滅.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一桶水潑下去（氵），火苗一矮——滅了。
A bucket of water comes down (氵), the flame drops low — out.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)熄滅、撲滅— to extinguish, put out常用
→消滅、毀滅— to destroy, wipe out
⇒滅亡、滅絕— to perish, be exterminated
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
烕mièthe sound side — 烕 holds the cut-down fire, 滅 adds water to quench it