飢
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jī · hungry, starving

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10Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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飠Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 飢

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Example sentences

Notice where 飢 sits in each complete thought.

Nǐ zhè yàng jiù shì huà bǐng chōng jī!你这样就是畫餅充飢!

You're just comforting yourself with a fantasy!

Source: Tatoeba #1613643 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā miàn yǒu jī sè他面有飢色

He had a hungry look.

Source: Tatoeba #875130 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Jī è de yīng ér zhǐshì kū.飢餓的嬰兒只是哭。

The hungry baby did nothing but cry.

Source: Tatoeba #348471 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ cháng guò zhēn zhèng jī è de zī wèi má?你嘗過真正飢餓的滋味嗎?

Do you know what it is like to be really hungry?

Source: Tatoeba #1573176 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Chéng shì lǐ chōng mǎn le jī è dīshì bīng.城市裡充滿了飢餓的士兵。

The city was full of starving soldiers.

Source: Tatoeba #4681030 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè wèi lǎo rén sǐ wū jī è.這位老人死於飢餓。

The old man died from hunger.

Source: Tatoeba #871042 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 飢 in context

  1. Say jī, then recall the core meaning: hungry, starving.
  2. Write all 10 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 飢 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.