殣 (jìn) - To die from hunger or starvation & to starve to death

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jìn ｜ 15 strokes ｜ radical:

傑君

殣 · jìn

To die from hunger or starvation;

to starve to death;

to bury;

a grave.

To die from hunger or starvationto starve to deathto bury

Usage highlights

Starving to deathDying of hungerRoadside burialBurying the deadStarved corpsesWidespread starvation

Synonyms

Antonyms

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • Many people starved to death during the famine (饥殣).
  • The poor were buried in shallow graves (道殣).
  • The ancient text describes a scene of widespread starvation (饿殣).

Collocations

  • Starving to death(饿殣)
  • Dying of hunger(饥殣)
  • Roadside burial(道殣)
  • Burying the dead(掩殣)
  • Starved corpses(殣尸)
  • Widespread starvation(殣殍)

Idioms

  • Bodies of the starved by the roadside(道殣相望)
  • Starving people filling the roads(饿殣载道)

Cultural background

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  • Reflects historical realities of famine and poverty in pre-modern China.
  • Appears in classical texts describing social suffering and humanitarian crises.
  • The character combines the death radical (歹) with the phonetic component 堇.

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