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jǐn

time of famine or crop failure

A time of little 堇 food 饣; 堇 also provides the pronunciation

Components

饣
饣 Meaning component
shí eat
堇
堇 SoundMeaning component
jǐn, qín, jìn clay

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

饉 time of famine or crop failure Traditional

A time of little 堇 food 飠; 堇 also provides the pronunciation

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat
堇
堇 SoundMeaning component
jǐn, qín, jìn clay

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartginH[ɡ]rə[r]-sfamine
Zhengzhangɡrɯns

說文解字

蔬不孰爲饉。从食堇聲。

Sources

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