饥 Strokes Write it Listen 饥 jī hungry, starving; hunger, famine HSK 7–9 5 strokes Radical 饣 Sound + meaning 2 words Built from饣meaningshífood; to eat几soundjǐsmall table; how many; a few, some How it works饣 hints at the meaning (food), and 几 jǐ hints at the sound.