蔑
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to belittle; nothing
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 艸 +11
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 蔑
- Common rank
- #3,246
- Unicode
- U+8511
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 蔑 is formed
Components 艹 罒 戍
How to remember it
despise · Heisig RSH #1665
flower + net + march
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 蔑
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蔑视 | to loathe; to despise; contempt | |
| 蔑称 | contemptuous term | |
| 轻蔑 | scornful; disdainful; contemptuous; pejorative; disdain; contempt | |
| 污蔑 | variant of 污衊|污蔑[wu1 mie4] | |
| 污蔑 | to slander; to smear; to tarnish | |
| 侮蔑 | contempt; to despise | |
| 诬蔑 | variant of 誣衊|诬蔑[wu1 mie4] | |
| 诬蔑 | to slander; to smear; to vilify |
Sound family
These characters use 蔑 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蔑 sound part | to disdain, to disregard, to slight | |
| 蠛 | small fly |