Kanken 1
殍

Meaning

Kanji 殍

dying of starvation

dying of starvation

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
うえじに
Onyomi 音読み
ヒョウフ
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
11
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji
浮 • 乳 • 桴 • 脬 • 郛 • 孚 • 俘

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

長い日照りで、多くの農民が殍した。

Because of the long drought, many farmers died of starvation.

戦のあと、町の外れには殍が横たわっていた。

After the war, someone who had died of starvation lay at the edge of town.

飢えを救わなければ、今年も殍が出るだろう。

If hunger is not addressed, more people will die of starvation this year as well.

古い記録には、道ばたに殍があったと記されている。

Old records say that there were people dead of starvation by the roadside.

殍をなくすことは、国の務めだ。

Eliminating deaths from starvation is the duty of the state.