1. 飢
  2. 餓

飢

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  • 2168th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 14 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
飢→
飠几
2Radical
飢→
人human丨line彐pig snout乚second丶dot丶dot几table
3Graphical
飢→
人丨㇕二乚丶丶丿㇠

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jī (ji1)hungry
2. jī (ji1)variant of 飢|饥[ji1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 飢 jī (ji1)The component 彐 is pronounced as 'jì' (ji4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for 飢 jī (ji1)The component 几 is pronounced as 'jī' (ji1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for 飢 jī (ji1)The component 几 is pronounced as 'jǐ' (ji3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

饥饿 (飢餓)

Uncommon

充饥 (充飢)
饥不择食 (飢不擇食)
饥渴 (飢渴)

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餓

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Previous (辨)Next (蜂)
  • 1908th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 15 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
餓→
飠我
2Radical
餓→
人human丨line彐pig snout乚second丶dot丶dot手hand戈spear
3Graphical
餓→
人丨㇕二乚丶丶㇒亅二戈

Pinyin & Meaning

1. è (e4)to be hungry • hungry

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

饿死 (餓死)

Uncommon

挨饿 (挨餓)
饥饿 (飢餓)
饿肚子 (餓肚子)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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