Usage of the character 饑
jī
饥
[饑]
- variant of 飢／饥 (jī)
jīhuāng
饥荒
[饑荒]
- crop failure
- famine
- debt
- difficulty
tíjīháohán
啼饥号寒
[啼饑號寒]
- hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
jīgǔfángjī
积谷防饥
[積穀防饑]
- storing grain against a famine
- to lay sth by for a rainy day
- also written 積穀防飢／积谷防饥
jījǐnjiànzhēn
饥馑荐臻
[饑饉薦臻]
- famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)