Keyword
hungry
- starving
- hunger
- famine
- Frequency
- #2162
- Strokes
- 5
Readings
jī
Mnemonic
饣 (food) gives the meaning and 几 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
饥饿
hunger; starvation; famine
饥荒
crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty
饥渴
hungry and thirsty; (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)
饥
(bound form) hungry
充饥
to allay one's hunger
如饥似渴
to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly; to long for sth
饥肠辘辘
(idiom) stomach rumbling with hunger; very hungry
饥寒交迫
beset by hunger and cold (idiom); starving and freezing; in desperate poverty
饥不择食
when hungry, you can't pick what you eat (idiom); beggars can't be choosers; When matters are urgent, don't spend time choosing alternatives.
忍饥挨饿
starving; famished
画饼充饥
lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake; to feed on illusions (idiom)