Chinese Character 饥 Meanings and components.

Form

饥

Meaning

饥 meaning[3] in English

Hungry.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 饥 can be seen as a composition of 2 main characters.

饥 radical

Its radical[1] is: ()

Details

In cangjie it is written with NVHN

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 饥, looks as follow:

饥
Pinyin:ji1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Hungry
饣
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: 'To Eat' Or 'Food' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 184)
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter