饥(jī)

HSK 7-95 strokesTrad. 飢

(bound form) hungry

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Character information

Pinyin
jī
Meaning
(bound form) hungry
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
飢

Origin & structure

Where 饥 comes from and how its parts fit together.

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shí几jǐ

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 饥 step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 饥

Common words using 饥 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jī饥è饿
HSK 7-9

hunger; starvation; famine

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rěn忍jī饥āi挨è饿
HSK 7-9

starving

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chōng充jī饥

to allay one's hunger

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jī饥kě渴

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

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jī饥huāng荒

crop failure

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tí啼jī饥háo号hán寒

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

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rú如jī饥sì似kě渴

to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly

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lòu漏pú脯chōng充jī饥

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

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饿忍挨充渴荒啼号

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