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Character « 殍 »

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Character
殍
(11 stroke)
Radical
歹
(+7 stroke)
Pinyin
bì
piǎo

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UnicodeU+6B8D

殍 (殍) piǎo

General meaning
Definitions
Vocabulary

◎ 饿死，饿死的人：饿～遍野。

Noun

。列骨之残。此部之字多与死、不吉祥等义有关。本义:饿死后无人收尸的人) 同本义 [exposed bodies of those who died of hunger]

野有饿殍。——《盐铁论》

Verb

饿死 [starve to death]。如:殍殣(饿死;饿死的人);殍饿(饥饿;饿死的人)

饿殍 ( 餓殍 ) è piǎo
[corpse of the starved] 饿死的人。亦作“饿莩”

涂有饿莩而不知发。——《孟子·梁惠王上》
饿殍枕藉 ( 餓殍枕藉 ) è piǎo -zhěn jí
[a lot of people died of hunger] 枕藉:交叠而卧。饿死的人纵横交叠,形容饥荒之年的悲惨景象