飢 – hungry, starve

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1659 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 飢 means hungry, starve. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キ (ki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is う.える (ueru). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 食 (no. 184).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キ	ki
Kun’yomi	う.える	ueru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 食 (Kangxi radical 184). Components: 食・几.

Words using 飢

飢饉ききんfamine飢えるうえるto starve

Example sentences

これらの国はしばしば飢饉に襲われた。

These countries were often visited with famine.

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彼は飢えた者に食を与えた。

He furnished food to the hungry.

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Kanji with the same radical

食館養飲飯飾飼飽餅餌飴饉

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