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| − | <WL>饥(F飢) [jī] | + | <WL>饥(F飢) [jī] be hungry; starve; famine; 饥饿 hunger, starvation |
#i4 | #i4 | ||
| − | 饣(食 shí) | + | The simple-form character 饥 is an abbrev. of the full-form character 飢, replacing the full-form component 食 (9 strokes) with 饣 (3 strokes). |
| + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 饥/飢() jī ‘hungry’ combines 饣/食 (shí) ‘eat/food’, and 几() jī (phonosemantic). | ||
| + | Note: 几 here is as in 几/幾, 几乎, 几何 ‘how much/many?’; the hungry/starving person asks how much can I eat? | ||
| + | Compare: 饑() jī ‘poor grain harvest, crop failure, famine; hungry’; formerly 饑() jī ‘famine’, vs. 飢() jī ‘hungry’. | ||
| + | Note: The forms 飢/饑 are sometimes used interchangeably among full-form characters, but only 饥 is used among simple-form characters. | ||
#rK.AD318 D.7.4441.6 B.018.1.04 E.0 | #rK.AD318 D.7.4441.6 B.018.1.04 E.0 | ||
#c饣几 | #c饣几 | ||
#y gei\ | #y gei\ | ||
</WL> | </WL> | ||
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