饥饿
Old HSK 6
饥饿 (jī'è) · hunger
饥饿 (jī'è) means “hunger; starvation”. It is written with 2 characters: 饥 (hungry) + 饿 (hungry). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 饥饿 is built
The characters
饥 jī · hungry
What 饥 is made of
- 饣shí — food
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 几jǐ — small table
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乙yǐ — second
饿 è · hungry
What 饿 is made of
- 饣shí — food
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 我wǒ — I
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 亅 — hook
- 戈gē — spear
- 扌shǒu — hand
Origin hint: To want 我 food 饣; 我 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
世界上还有很多人在忍受饥饿。Shìjiè shàng háiyǒu hěnduō rén zài rěnshòu jī'è.Many people in the world still suffer from hunger.
走了一天路，大家又累又饥饿。Zǒu le yì tiān lù, dàjiā yòu lèi yòu jī'è.After walking all day, everyone was tired and hungry.
Questions about 饥饿
What does 饥饿 mean?
饥饿 (jī'è) means “hunger; starvation”.
How do you pronounce 饥饿?
饥饿 is pronounced jī'è.
Which HSK level is 饥饿?
饥饿 is in Old HSK 6.
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Learn 饥饿 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 84: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.