Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

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

List Ranking:

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

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 18,976 24,563 23,083

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Food

Other Words Containing

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 (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
饥饿 6 7 6,246 12,133 8,653
饥渴 - - 8,366 25,289 14,238
饥荒 - - 15,338 34,624 22,593
- - 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