Thousands of people died of hunger.
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饥饿
Traditional: 飢餓
jī è
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6
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jī è · gei1 ngo6 (Jyutping)
- hunger
- starvation
- famine
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Character breakdown
饥
- Meaning
- hunger, starving; hungry; a famine
- Radical
- 饣
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- ⿰饣几
- Cangjie
- NVHN
- Four-corner
- 2771
饿
- Meaning
- hungry; greedy for; hunger
- Radical
- 饣
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰饣我
- Cangjie
- NVHQI
- Four-corner
- 2375
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Example sentences
The old man died from hunger.
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