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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 饥

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
饥 jī - (bound form) hungry
饥 jī - variant of 飢|饥[ji1]

List Ranking for: 饥

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 18,976 24,563 23,083

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 饣 几

Radical:

饣

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

几

Semantic:

饣

Hint:

Food

Other Words Containing 饥

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
饥饿 6 6 6,246 12,133 8,653
饥渴 - - 8,366 25,289 14,238
饥荒 - - 15,338 34,624 22,593
饥 - - 18,976 24,563 23,083
饥肠辘辘 - - 26,905 52,117 36,241
如饥似渴 - - 28,936 54,332 54,991
饥寒交迫 - - 32,623 47,219 26,467
充饥 - - 37,433 31,986 21,390
画饼充饥 - - 76,043 86,355 55,522