蔑

衊
miè
#2,570 most
frequent character
defiled with blood

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

蔑 has a picture part showing a person with big eyes, and 戍 'a lance-like weapon'. The picture part also gives the sound. They first meant 'to attack and destroy'; from there came 'to disdain, belittle'.

Drawn as: person with big eyes

蔑 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
蠛

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Same Characters, Different Readings

蔑miè
to belittle, nothing

Homophones

灭miè
destroy, extinguish, exterminate

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