饥

jī

(bound form) hungry

Radical: 饣 Strokes: 5

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

饮饭馆饰饼饱饶饬饷馈饿馔

Same radical

饮饭馆饰饼饱饶饬饷馈饿馔饵馋馁

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Character Decomposition

饥=饣+几

Etymology

food

Meanings

(bound form) hungry

jī

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Words with 饥 119 total

hunger · starvation · famine饥饿jī è crop failure · famine · debt · difficulty饥荒jī huāng hungry and thirsty · (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)饥渴jī kě

Idioms with 饥 51 total Chain

The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).饱汉不知饿汉饥bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).饱人不知饿人饥bǎo rén bù zhī è rén jī lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake · to feed on illusions (idiom)画饼充饥huà bǐng chōng jī

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