饥 jī
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 几 small table
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
饥饿
jī'è
hungry
Characters in this word
饿 è
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 我 I, me, my
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 连续工作十几个小时后，他又累又饥饿，几乎说不出话来。 Liánxù gōngzuò shí jǐ ge xiǎoshí hòu, tā yòu lèi yòu jī'è, jīhū shuō bù chū huà lái. After working continuously for more than ten hours, he was so tired and hungry that he could hardly speak.
- 饥饿的小鸟在窗外叫个不停，妈妈赶紧撒了一把米。 Jī'è de xiǎoniǎo zài chuāng wài jiào ge bù tíng, māma gǎnjǐn sā le yì bǎ mǐ. A hungry little bird kept chirping outside the window, so Mum quickly scattered a handful of rice.
- 他忍着饥饿，一直等到朋友来了才吃饭。 Tā rěnzhe jī'è, yìzhí děngdào péngyou lái le cái chīfàn. He put up with his hunger and waited until his friend arrived before eating.