饥民 (jī mín) — famine victim, person displaced or suffering fr…

Definition

noun

famine victim, person displaced or suffering from famine

Measure word · 个

饥民。
Zhè chǎng dà jī huang ràng hěn duō nóng mín biàn chéng le jī mín.
This great famine turned many farmers into famine victims.
，饥民。
Lì shǐ shàng, jī mín de shù liàng zài jī huang qī jiān jí jù shàng shēng.
Historically, the number of famine victims rose sharply during famines.
饥民。
Zhèng fǔ xiàng jī mín tí gōng le jǐn jí yuán zhù.
The government provided emergency aid to the famine victims.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

饥民 joins hungry with people, naming those suffering from famine.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 飢; 饥 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 饥 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (饥饿) it is 飢; in others it is 饑.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

几

Same sound today

The traditional form 飢 uses 食 for food and 几 for the sound; the simplified 饥 is a shorthand.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The early form of 民 shows an eye pierced by a sharp cross-shaped implement, possibly linked to an injured or unclear eye.