飢

飢

See also: 饥

飢 U+98E2, 飢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-98E2 ← 飡 [U+98E1] CJK Unified Ideographs 飣 → [U+98E3]

飢 U+2FA02, 飢 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2FA02 ← 𩖶 [U+2FA01] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 䬳 → [U+2FA03]

Translingual

Han character

飢 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+2, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人戈竹弓 (OIHN), four-corner 8771₀, composition ⿰飠几(GHTJV) or ⿰𩙿几(K))

Derived characters

• 㔳, 𠍃

References

• KangXi: page 1416, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44023
• Dae Jaweon: page 1940, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4441, character 5
• Unihan data for U+98E2
• Unihan data for U+2FA02

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Chinese

trad.		飢
simp.		饥*
alternative forms		饑／饥

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (几) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
肌	*kril
飢	*kril
机	*kril, *krilʔ
虮	*kril
几	*krilʔ
麂	*krilʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kril) : semantic 食 + phonetic 几 (OC *krilʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kî
• Min Dong (BUC): gĭ
• Min Nan (POJ): ki

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gei¹
    • Yale: gēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kî
    • Hakka Romanization System: gi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /ki²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
    • Tâi-lô: ki
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ky
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /kiɪ/

Rime
Character	飢
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居夷切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kiɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/ki/
Shao Rongfen	/kjɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ki/
Li Rong	/ki/
Wang Li	/ki/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.k<r>ə[j]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kril/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	飢
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jī
Middle Chinese	‹ kij ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.k<r>ə[j]/
English	hungry
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	飢
Reading #	1/1
No.	5757
Phonetic component	几
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	飢
Old Chinese	/*kril/

Definitions

飢

1. hunger; starving
2. (fossil word or archaic) famine
3. Alternative form of 饑／饥 (“crop failure; famine”).

Compounds

人飢己飢／人饥己饥 充飢／充饥 (chōngjī) 啼飢號寒／啼饥号寒 (tíjīháohán) 失飢傷飽／失饥伤饱 如飢似渴／如饥似渴 (rújīsìkě) 己飢己溺／己饥己溺 忍飢挨餓／忍饥挨饿 打飢荒／打饥荒 拉飢荒／拉饥荒 搪飢／搪饥 擔飢受凍／担饥受冻 泌水樂飢／泌水乐饥 渴飲飢餐／渴饮饥餐 煮字療飢／煮字疗饥 畫餅充飢／画饼充饥 (huàbǐngchōngjī) 療飢／疗饥

肚飢／肚饥 號寒啼飢／号寒啼饥 (háohántíjī) 食不充飢／食不充饥 飢一頓飽一頓／饥一顿饱一顿 飢不擇食／饥不择食 (jībùzéshí) 飢凍交切／饥冻交切 飢困／饥困 飢寒／饥寒 (jīhán) 飢寒交切／饥寒交切 飢寒交迫／饥寒交迫 (jīhánjiāopò) 飢民／饥民 (jīmín) 飢渴／饥渴 (jīkě) 飢渴交攻／饥渴交攻 飢渴交迫／饥渴交迫 飢火／饥火 飢火中焚／饥火中焚

飢火燒腸／饥火烧肠 飢腸／饥肠 (jīcháng) 飢腸轆轆／饥肠辘辘 (jīchánglùlù) 飢色／饥色 (jīsè) 飢荒／饥荒 飢虎撲食／饥虎扑食 飢附飽颺／饥附饱飏 飢餐渴飲／饥餐渴饮 飢餒／饥馁 (jīněi) 飢餓／饥饿 (jī'è) 飢餓三十／饥饿三十 飢餓線／饥饿线 (jī'èxiàn) 飢鷹餓虎／饥鹰饿虎 餓虎飢鷹／饿虎饥鹰 點飢／点饥 (diǎnjī)

See also

• 飢餓／饥饿 (jī'è)
• 餓／饿 (è)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04612

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 飢 – see 饑 (“crop failure; famine; a year in which harvest is poor”). (This character, 飢, is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified and variant form of 饑.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	飢
Kyūjitai [1]	飢󠄁 飢+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	飢󠄄 飢+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

飢

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)
• Kun: うえる (ueru, 飢える, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 飢火
• 飢餓
• 飢渇
• 飢饉

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
飢
き Grade: S
on’yomi

Affix

飢(き) • (ki) 

1. hungry; starve

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
飢
え Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

飢(え) • (e) ^{←ゑ (we)?}

1. (obsolete) Synonym of 飢え (ue, “hunger; starvation”)

References

1. “飢”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023

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Korean

Hanja

飢 (eumhun 주릴 기 (juril gi))

1. Hanja form^? of 기 (“hunger, starving”).
2. Hanja form^? of 기 (“hungry”).
3. Hanja form^? of 기 (“famine”).

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Vietnamese

Han character

飢: Hán Nôm readings: cơ, ki

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