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饥

飢
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adjective #18,976

Meanings

  1. 1 hungry
  2. 2 starving
  3. 3 famine

Examples

孩子们饥寒交迫，急需救助。
Háizimen jī hán jiāo pò, jí xū jiùzhù.
The children were starving and freezing, urgently in need of help.
战争期间，很多人忍饥挨饿。
Zhànzhēng qījiān, hěn duō rén rěn jī ái è.
During the war, many people endured hunger and starvation.

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usage
The simplified form 饥 merges the two traditional characters 飢 (hungry) and 饑 (famine/crop failure). Both meanings are now carried by 饥 in simplified Chinese.

Stroke Order

饥 jī