Kanken 1
饑

Meaning

Kanji 饑

hunger

hunger, thirst

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
う.える
Onyomi 音読み
キ
Nanori 名乗り
-
Jōyō
-
JLPT
-
Frequency
-
Strokes
21
Radical
-
Components
-
Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
鞿 • 魕 • 鐖 • 譏 • 蟣 • 幾 • 僟

Related vocabulary

8 common entries

Showing 8 of 8 entries that include this kanji.

飢える

うえる

to be starved of (e.g. love)

飢餓

きが

starvation

飢え死に

うえじに

(death from) starvation

飢饉

ききん

chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

飢え

うえ

hunger

飢渇

きかつ

hunger and thirst

飢寒

きかん

hunger and cold

饑い

ひだるい

hungry

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は長い旅で饑と渇きに苦しんだ。

He suffered from hunger and thirst during the long journey.

戦後、多くの人が饑に耐えながら暮らしていた。

After the war, many people lived while enduring hunger.

饑をしのぐために、彼らは野草を集めた。

To stave off hunger, they gathered wild plants.

村は長い日照りで饑の年を迎えた。

The village faced a year of scarcity because of a long drought.

食べ物が尽き、饑の色が人々の顔に現れた。

The food ran out, and signs of hunger appeared on people's faces.