漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
飢: hungry, starve
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
飠 carries the meaning · 几 gives the sound
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 飢餓きがstarvation; famine; hunger
うえるueru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 飢えうえhunger; starvation
- 飢えるうえるto starve; to be famished; to be hungry
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“A feast under the lid! Imagine lifting the cover of a steaming pot to find a meal prepared with care.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
飢 takes the 几 family's reading, キ (ki).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side飢 hungry · 几
vs飲 drink · 欠In ChineseSimplified 饥 · traditional, as in Japanese · jī
Japan keeps the traditional form 飢; mainland China simplifies it to 饥.
- Simplified
- 饥 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 飢 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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