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馑

jǐn

a time of famine or crop failure

💡 Ideographic: A time of little 堇 food 饣; 堇 also provides the pronunciation

HSK 14 strokes Uncommon (45%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

yellow loam; clay; season; few

⿰饣堇 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shí

饣

food; to eat

3 strokes

jǐn

堇

yellow loam; clay; season; few

💡 Ideographic: Yellow 黄 earth 土

11 strokes

huáng

黄

yellow; surname

📷 Pictographic: A jade pendant

11 strokes HSK 3

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

4 strokes

⿱由八

Radical component

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 馑 (2)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

馑 ↗

jǐn

time of famine or crop failure

jǐn

馑 ↗

time of famine or crop failure

饥馑荐臻 ↗

jījǐnjiànzhēn

famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)

jījǐnjiànzhēn

饥馑荐臻 ↗

famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)