Taxonomy of meanings for 饑:　　

  • 饑 jī (OC: kɯl MC: kɨi) 居依切 平 廣韻：【榖不熟 】
    • HARVEST
      • ndisastrously poor harvest (see FAMINE)
    • HUNGRY
      • n[adN]plurthe famished, the hungry
      • nabeventserious famine
      • vadNfamished; famine-stricken
      • vibe hungry; (of places, during a certain time) suffer a scarcity of food
      • vi0there is famine
    • SURNAMES

      Additional information about 饑

      說文解字: 【饑】，穀不孰爲饑。 〔小徐本「孰」作「熟」。〕 从食、幾聲。 【居衣切】

        Criteria
      • HUNGRY

        1. The most common current and general word for insufficiency of food supplies is probably jī 飢 (ant. bǎo 飽 "have eaten enough"), and this word refers to any such insufficiency, temporary or lasting, serious or minor. Presumably, the word can also refer to insufficiency of food among animals.

        2. È 餓 refers to famine as a serious condition threatening the lives of the persons involved.

        3. Jǐn 殣 refers to serious famine often resulting in death.

        4. Jī 饑 (NOT ANCIENTLY HOMOPHONOUS WITH 飢 in ancient Chinese), and the rarer jín 饉 as well as the very rare qiàn 歉 refer to insufficiency of food as a result of bad harvest.

        5. Něi 餒 refers to the state of being hungry in an individual, and at a certain time.

        Word relations
      • Result: (HUNGRY)死/DIE The dominant general word is sǐ 死 (ant. shēng 生"be alive"), and this can refer to the death of plants as well as animals or men.
      • Ant: (HUNGRY)穰/ABUNDANT Rǎng 穰 refers, occasionally, to the abundance of a population or to abundance of food supply. [SPECIALISED]
      • Ant: (HUNGRY)飽/SATIATED
      • Epithet: (HUNGRY)凶/INAUSPICIOUS The current general word for what is of no good omen is xiōng 凶 (ant. jí 吉).
      • Contrast: (HUNGRY)餓/HUNGRY È 餓 refers to famine as a serious condition threatening the lives of the persons involved.
      • Assoc: (HUNGRY)耗/POOR
      • Assoc: (HUNGRY)飢/HUNGRY The most common current and general word for insufficiency of food supplies is probably jī 飢 (ant. bǎo 飽 "have eaten enough"), and this word refers to any such insufficiency, temporary or lasting, serious or minor. Presumably, the word can also refer to insufficiency of food among animals.
      • Assoc: (HUNGRY)餓/HUNGRY È 餓 refers to famine as a serious condition threatening the lives of the persons involved.
      • Assoc: (HUNGRY)寒/COLD The standard current word referring to coldness is hán 寒 (ant. standardly shǔ 暑, but also wēn 溫, rè 熱 "warm").