Character: 飢
Modern (Beijing) reading: jī
Preclassic Old Chinese: krǝj
Classic Old Chinese: krǝj
Western Han Chinese: krǝj
Eastern Han Chinese: krǝj
Early Postclassic Chinese: kij
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kij
Late Postclassic Chinese: ki
Middle Chinese: ki
English meaning : be hungry, starve; hunger, famine
Russian meaning[s]: голод; голодать; голодный; неурожай (также 饑)
Shuowen gloss: 餓也.從食.几聲. [222]
Comments: Cf. also 饉 *grǝn-s 'famine'.
Radical: 184
Four-angle index: 7679
Shijing occurrences: 10.1_
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