Dong Chinese dictionary

jī

hunger

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

Components

飠 Meaning component

shí

eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

几 Sound component

jī, jǐ

small table

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jī

hunger, starving; hungry; a famine

Most common words with 飢

Sources