饥

飢
jī
#2,168 most
frequent character
(bound form) hungry

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

饥 jī combines 饣 food with 几 jǐ as sound part. Food and eating point to original 'hungry'; later it grew to 'starve' and 'famine.'

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Same Characters, Different Readings

饥jī
variant of 飢|饥[ji1]

Homophones

鸡jī
chicken
积jī
to amass, to accumulate
几jī
almost
几jī
small table
基jī
(bound form) base, foundation
奇jī
odd (number)
激jī
to arouse, to incite, to excite

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