• 2168th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 18 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

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

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ji1)The component is pronounced as '' (ji1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ji1)The component is pronounced as 'shí' (shi2). It has the same pinyin final.
3. Pronunciation clue for (ji1)The component is pronounced as '' (ji1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
4. Pronunciation clue for (ji1)The component is pronounced as '' (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)
如饥似渴 (如飢似渴)
饥不择食 (飢不擇食)
饥渴 (飢渴)
饥荒 (饑荒)

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  • 1326th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 59 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huāng (huang1)desolate • shortage • scarce • out of practice • absurd • uncultivated • to neglect

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

拓荒者 
荒村 

Uncommon

兵荒马乱 (兵荒馬亂)
拾荒 
破天荒 
荒原 
荒唐 
荒地 
荒岛 (荒島)
荒废 (荒廢)
荒凉 (荒涼)
荒漠 
荒芜 (荒蕪)
荒诞 (荒誕)
荒谬 (荒謬)
荒郊 
荒野 
饥荒 (饑荒)

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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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