饥饿
jī'è HSK7

hunger

饥 jī hunger Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound. Simplified form of 飢.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

几
几 Sound component
jǐ, jī small table

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

饿 è hungry Simplified

Simplified form of 餓. Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound.

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

我
我 Sound component
wǒ I; me
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

飢 jī hunger Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound.

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

几
几 Sound component
jǐ, jī small table

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkijCə.k<r>ə[j]hungry
Zhengzhangkril
Unicodegyi
giəi

說文解字

餓也。从食几聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

餓 è hungry Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound.

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

我
我 Sound component
wǒ I; me
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngaHŋˤaj-s hungry

說文解字

《說文》：“餓，飢也。从食，我聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)