How to write 饑

饑 jī 【本义】: 荒年，五穀不收 [Primary Meaning]: A lean year when the grains do not ripen. 1. 荒年，五穀不收。《爾雅•釋天》：“穀不孰為饑。”《詩•小雅•雨無正》：“降喪饑饉。” [1] A lean year when the grains do not ripen. Example: "In a bad harvest, grains do not ripen." (Erya, Explanation of Tian); "There are disasters and famine." (Shi, Xiao Ya, Rain Without End). 2. 通“ 飢 ”。餓。《集韻•脂韻》：“飢，《説文》：‘餓也。’或从幾。”《正字通•食部》：“饑，餒也。” [2] Pronounced “jī”, meaning hungry or famished. Example: "The term '饑' refers to being hungry." (Jiyun, Zhi Yun). 3. 姓。《集韻•脂韻》：“饑，姓。” [3] A surname. Example: "饑 is a surname." (Jiyun, Zhi Yun). 【造字法】: 形聲。从食，幾( jī )聲。 [Character Formation]: This character is a phonetic combination. It consists of the radical for food (食) and sounds from the character 几 (jī). 【引】 [References] 1. 《說文》：饑，谷不熟爲饑。 "In the Book of Words: 饑 means when grains do not mature." 2. 《詩·小雅·雨無止》：降喪饑饉。 "In the Book of Songs: There are disasters and famine." 3. 《孟子·梁惠王下》：凶年饑歲，君之民老弱轉乎溝壑。 "In Mencius: In a year of disaster and famine, the old and weak of the people fall into the ditches." 4. 《淮南子·天文》：四時不出，天下大饑。 "In Huainanzi: When the four seasons do not produce, there will be great famine in the world." 5. 《漢書·翼奉傳》：今山東饑饉，人庶相食。 "In the Book of Han: Currently in Shandong, there is famine, and people are eating each other." 【例】 [Examples] - 饑荒: famine - 饑時得一口: to receive relief during a famine (greatly appreciated help) - 饑氓: famine-stricken people - 饑歲: year of famine 2. ([En.] 动)∶通「飢」。吃不飽，餓 [2. (Verb)]: Also pronounced as “jī”. Means being unable to eat enough, being hungry. 【引】 [References] 1. 《孟子·梁惠王上》：黎民不飢不寒。 "In Mencius: The common people neither hunger nor freeze." 2. 《淮南子·說山訓》：寧一月饑，無一旬餓。 "In Huainanzi: Better to be hungry for one month than to starve for ten days." 3. 唐·白居易《賣炭翁》：牛困人饑日已高。 "Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi in 'The Charcoal Seller': The ox is exhausted and the man is starving, the day is already high." 4. 唐·柳宗元《捕蛇者說》：饑渴而頓踣。 "Tang dynasty writer Liu Zongyuan in 'The Snake Catcher's Tale': Hungry and thirsty, I was flat on the ground." 3. 姓 [3] A surname. 1. 地名。 [1] A place name. 2. 地名。《字彙補•食部》：“饑，《字韻日月燈》：‘地名。’” [2] A geographical name. Example from 'Zihui Supplement' and 'Rhyme Dictionary of the Sun and Moon': 饑 can refer to a place name.