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 shapes where their meanings are 'to eat' or … (饣) , and small table (几)

Its radical[1] is: 食 (shi2) which means: To Eat, Food, Animal Feed, Eclipse, .食shi2to eat

In cangjie it is written with NVHN

How to write 饥

To write饥ji1hungry you should write a combination of 饣shi2'to eat' … , 几ji3small table arranged in a 吅 shape:

饣 + 几 = 饥

饥 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 饥 should be followed in this specific way.

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

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