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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji
    3. 飢

    飢

    飢う.える

    hungry

    N1KMT9Freq #1659Food & DiningKanji10 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    う.える

    On'yomi

    キ

    hungrystarve

    飠几

    飠
    食
    丿
    几

    Stroke 0 / 10

    Speed1.0x

    飽餓飲飯航殺般殷飽飲飾飠食

    Alternative forms of this concept

    飠
    𩙿

    Concepts using this kanji

    飢餓

    starvation

    飢え死に

    (death from) starvation

    飢え

    hunger

    飢える

    to starve

    飢饉

    famine

    飢民

    starving people

    飢えに苦しむ

    to suffer from hunger

    天保の大飢饉

    Great Tempo Famine

    血に飢える

    to be bloodthirsty

    愛に飢える

    to hunger for love

    飢餓線上に

    on the verge of starvation

    天保の飢饉

    Tenpō famine (1833-1836)

    飢餓療法

    starvation diet

    天明の飢饉

    Tenmei famine (1782-1787)

    飢餓感

    (feeling of) hunger

    大飢饉

    great famine

    豊作飢饉

    impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest

    水飢饉

    drought

    飢え凍える

    to starve and freeze to death

    飢凍

    starving and freezing to death

    飢えたる犬は棒を恐れず

    a starved dog does not fear the rod

    飢寒

    hunger and cold

    享保の飢饉

    Kyōhō famine (1732)

    飢渇

    hunger and thirst

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丿
    • 几
    • 飠
    • 食

    is_used_in

    • 愛に飢える
    • 飢え
    • 飢える
    • 飢餓
    • 飢渇
    • 飢饉
    • 飢餓療法
    • 水飢饉
    • 飢寒
    • 飢民
    • 豊作飢饉
    • 飢えに苦しむ
    • 天保の大飢饉
    • 大飢饉
    • 飢餓感
    • 飢凍
    • 飢え凍える
    • 血に飢える
    • 飢餓線上に
    • 飢え死に
    • 飢えたる犬は棒を恐れず
    • 享保の飢饉
    • 天明の飢饉
    • 天保の飢饉

    Similar concepts

    • 飽
    • 餓
    • 飲
    • 飯
    • 航
    • 殺
    • 般
    • 殷
    • 飾
    • 飠
    • 食

    Variants

    • 𩙿

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