饥(jī): (bound form) hungry

HSK 65 strokesTrad. 飢

(bound form) hungry

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Character informationHSK 6

Pinyin: jī
Meaning: (bound form) hungry
Strokes: 5
HSK level: HSK 6
Traditional: 飢

Origin & structureWhere 饥 comes from

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰饣几

In this compound, the meaning comes from 饣 (food); 几 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

饣shímeaning
"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese…
Also in 饭馆饮饱饿饺
几jǐsound
small table
Also in 机真亮风船朵

Parts are arranged left to right.

Words with 饥most common first

jī饥è饿

HSK 6

adj.

hunger; starvation; famine

chōng充jī饥

to allay one's hunger

jī饥kě渴

hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)

jī饥huāng荒

crop failure

tí啼jī饥háo号 hán寒

(idiom) to cry from hunger and cold; to suffer extreme poverty

rú如jī饥sì似 kě渴

to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly

rěn忍jī饥āi挨 è饿

starving

lòu漏 pú脯 chōng充jī饥

(lit.) to eat rotten meat to assuage hunger (idiom)

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