蔑 (miè): to belittle, nothing, defiled with blood

蔑 (miè) is a Chinese character meaning “to belittle.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (structural). It ranks #2469 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 艹 grass14 strokesFrequency #2469艹 structural

Definitions

  1. to belittle
  2. nothing
  3. defiled with blood

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
蔑视miè shìto loathe
轻蔑qīng mièscornful
诬蔑wū mièvariant of 誣衊|诬蔑[wu1 mie4]
污蔑wū mièvariant of 污衊|污蔑[wu1 mie4]
侮蔑wǔ miècontempt
蔑称miè chēngcontemptuous term
6
Total compounds
33
As first character
67
As last character
0
As middle character

蔑 appears in 6 compound words: 33 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 蔑 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

诬wū
0.6211,098 co-occurrences
污wū
0.5462,118 co-occurrences
乞qǐ
0.503750 co-occurrences
侮wǔ
0.501402 co-occurrences
轻qīng
0.4751,356 co-occurrences
视shì
0.4563,258 co-occurrences
谤bàng
0.43690 co-occurrences
诽fěi
0.42566 co-occurrences
谣yáo
0.418144 co-occurrences
嘲cháo
0.417174 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

学习蔑字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。

xué xí miè zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .

Mastering the character "蔑" requires repeated practice to write it neatly.

Tatoeba

你蔑视了目睹你罪行的仙女们，也蔑视了我を这位强大的潘神。

Nǐ mièshì le mùdǔ nǐ zuìxíng de xiānnǚ men, yě mièshì le wǒ を zhèwèi qiángdà de Pān shén.

You scorned both the Nymphs, who beheld your deeds, and me the mighty Pan.

Character Family

艹 Radical Family — Characters sharing the grass radical

菜cài草cǎo茶chá花huā节jié苦kǔ蓝lán药yào艺yì英yīng

Related Characters

花huā茶chá菜cài节jié英yīng草cǎo药yào蓝lán艺yì苦kǔ

Homophones — Characters pronounced miè

灭miè

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 蔑 (miè) mean in Chinese?
蔑 (miè) primarily means "to belittle." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2469 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 蔑 have?
蔑 is written with 14 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 蔑?
The radical associated with 蔑 is 艹 (grass). This radical appears in many characters related to grass.
What are the components of 蔑?
蔑 is composed of: 艹 (structural), undefined (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱艹⿱罒戍 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 蔑?
Common words with 蔑 include: 蔑视 (miè shì, "to loathe"); 轻蔑 (qīng miè, "scornful"); 诬蔑 (wū miè, "variant of 誣衊|诬蔑[wu1 mie4]"); 污蔑 (wū miè, "variant of 污衊|污蔑[wu1 mie4]"); 侮蔑 (wǔ miè, "contempt"). There are over 6 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 蔑 (miè)?
Several characters share the pronunciation miè: 灭 (to extinguish or put out). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 蔑 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 蔑 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.