饥 Stroke Order — How to Write 饥

Stroke Order

饥 is written in 5 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 饣, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

饥 Radical and Character Components

Components:饣几

饥 is a phono-semantic compound: 饣 (food) carries the meaning, while 几 indicates the sound.

Radical: 饣 + 2 more strokes

饥 Pronunciation and Pinyin

Meanings of 饥 in Chinese

jī饥

Refers to hunger, starvation, or a state of being famished. Often used in idioms describing extreme hardship due to lack of food.

在那个寒冷的冬天，许多饥寒交迫的流浪者急需帮助

In that cold winter, many homeless people suffering from hunger and cold desperately needed help.

Crop failure or lack of harvest, resulting in famine or disaster.

连年的旱灾导致了严重的饥荒。

Consecutive years of drought led to a severe famine.

Common Words and Phrases with 饥

jī饥bì毙

starved to death

在那个艰难的冬天，许多流浪动物因缺乏食物而饥毙

In that harsh winter, many stray animals starved to death due to lack of food.

jī饥bù不yù欲shí食

Feeling hungry but having no desire to eat.

他最近身体不适，总是饥不欲食，精神也差了很多。

He hasn't been feeling well recently, always feeling hungry but having no desire to eat, and his spirits are much lower.

jī饥bù不zé择shí食

Beggars can't be choosers; when one is very hungry or in desperate need, one cannot afford to be picky about food or other things.

他已经两天没吃东西了，所以面对这些简单的食物也饥不择食地吃了起来。

He hadn't eaten for two days, so facing these simple foods, he ate them ravenously, without being particular.

jī饥cān餐kě渴yǐn饮

Eat when hungry and drink when thirsty.

在野外求生时，人们只能遵循自然的法则，饥餐渴饮，随遇而安。

When surviving in the wild, people can only follow the laws of nature, eating when hungry and drinking when thirsty, content with their lot.

jī饥è饿

The state of lacking food, resulting in hunger or starvation.

长时间的徒步旅行后，我们都感到一阵强烈的饥饿感

After a long hike, we all felt a strong sense of hunger.

jī饥hán寒

cold and hunger

在寒冷的冬天，那些无家可归的人们常常遭受饥寒交迫的痛苦。

In the cold winter, homeless people often suffer from the hardships of hunger and cold.

jī饥hán寒jiāo交pò迫

to suffer from extreme hunger and cold

旧社会，许多穷人饥寒交迫，生活十分艰难

In the old society, many poor people were plagued by hunger and cold, and their lives were extremely difficult.

jī饥huāng荒

Famine or severe crop failure leading to widespread scarcity of food.

历史记载，在那个年代，一场大饥荒导致了许多人流离失所。

Historical records show that a great famine in that era caused many people to become displaced.

jī饥huǒ火shāo烧cháng肠

A burning sensation in the stomach caused by extreme hunger.

徒步穿越了原始森林，大家早已饥火烧肠，恨不得立刻找个地方吃顿热饭。

After hiking through the primeval forest, everyone was already experiencing a burning hunger, wishing they could immediately find a place to eat a hot meal.

jī饥jǐn馑

Famine; severe food shortage caused by crop failure or disaster.