饥

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

(bound form) hungry

饥 = 几 + 饣 : On a space trip in front of the space station (Ø1) Joan of Arc (ji) is very hungry (饥). Although there is a Chinese crulle (饣) floating over a small table (几) right in front of her, she cannot reach it because she has no way of propulsion.

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

variant of 飢|饥[ji1]

饥 = 几 + 饣 : On a space trip in front of the space station (Ø1) Joan of Arc (ji) is very hungry (饥). Although there is a Chinese crulle (饣) floating over a small table (几) right in front of her, she cannot reach it because she has no way of propulsion.

饥 character breakdown

饥
- 几
- 饣

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

small table

Joan of Arc (ji) is sitting at a small table (几) in front of the space station (Ø1) and reading her Bible, waiting for a message from God.

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

almost

jǐ = ji + Ø3

how much / how many / several / a few

shí = sh + Ø2

"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)

Mnemonic symbol: a Chinese cruller.

Sherlock Holmes is eating a Chinese cruller in the space station's entrance. The crane flew by and gave it to him.

Characters with 饥 as component

饥 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 饥

hunger / starvation / famine

hungry and thirsty / (fig.) to crave (knowledge, love etc)

crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty

stomach rumbling with hunger

to hunger for sth (idiom); eagerly / to long for sth

beset by hunger and cold (idiom) / starving and freezing / in desperate poverty

to allay one's hunger

lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)

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.

The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

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lechery springs from warmth and nourishment, kleptomania springs from hunger and cold (idiom)

The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).

famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)

to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)

hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty

starving / famished

to suffer from hunger

bulimia

to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)

storing grain against a famine / to lay sth by for a rainy day / also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥

Sentences with 饥

饥 currently does not appear in any sentence.