饑
jī

starve

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

Components

飠
飠 Meaning component
eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

幾
幾 Sound component
jǐ how much

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkjɨjkə[j]famine
Zhengzhangkɯl
Unicodegiəi

說文解字

穀不孰爲饑。从食幾聲。

Sources

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

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