12345678Keywordto vanishto destroyto eliminateto perishFrequency#4311Strokes8ReadingsmǐnMnemonic氵 (water) gives the meaning and 民 the sound.Stroke orderComposed of氵water民the peopleUsed in vocabulary泯灭mǐnmièto obliterate; to die out; to disappear泯mǐn(bound form) to vanish; to die out; to obliterate童心未泯tóngxīnwèimǐn(idiom) still a child at heart; to retain a playful spirit