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Meaning of 馑
Pinyin
jǐn
Radical
饣
Strokes
14
Definition
time of famine or crop failure
Usage
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馑:
1. 荒年。
1. Famine year.
2. 荒年：饥～。
2. Famine year: hunger...
3. 饉 jǐn
[Noun]
[Original meaning]: Cannot eat both vegetables and wild vegetables.
[Character formation]: Phono-semantic compound; combines "food" (食) and the sound "qín" (堇).
1. Same as the original meaning ([En.] vegetable failure).
Examples:
- "Shuowen": '馑' means vegetables are not ripe.
- Edible vegetables that are all unripe are called '馑.' - Li's note in "Erya·Explanation of Heaven".
- Tang Dynasty Bai Juyi's "Removal of Li Xun as Jingzhao Yin": "In times of disturbance or after a famine...".
2. 谷物欠收 ([En.] crop failure).
Examples:
- "Mozi·Seven Afflictions": If one grain is not harvested it is called '馑', if two grains are not harvested it is called drought.
- "Guliangzhuan·Year 24 of Duke Xiang": If two grains do not rise it is called hunger, if three grains do not rise it is called '馑.'
3. 通“殣”。饿死。饿死的人 ([En.] person starved to death).
Examples:
- "Wenxuan·Ban Biao·Discourse on Wang Ming": "The starved and the famished flow like sand, hunger and cold on the roads...".
4. 饉 jǐn
[Verb]
Lack ([En.] lack).
Example:
- "Salt and Iron": "The plentiful do not solely increase, the few do not solely starve.".
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Input Method for 馑
Pinyin
jin3
Wubi
qnag
Cangjie
nvtlm
Zhengma
oxjc
Four Corner
24715
Unicode
U+9991
Stroke Number Category
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