| HSK | Not in HSK |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 7363rd character |
| RADICAL | ⾷ (184.12) |
| STROKES | 20 |
starve, be hungry; famine
| 饑 jī |
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| 啼饑號寒 tí jī háo hán | hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty |
| 積穀防饑 jī gǔ fáng jī | storing grain against a famine; to lay sth by for a rainy day; also written 積穀防飢|积谷防饥 |
| 饑荒 jī huāng | crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty |
| 饑饉薦臻 jī jǐn jiàn zhēn | famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs) |