Word Meaning 備荒

びこう bikou

備荒 is read as びこう (bikou) and means provision for famine.

Meaning

English

provision for famine

Reading

Kana

びこう

Romaji

bikou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 121791 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

備荒作物

びこうさくもつ

crops planted to stave off famine (e.g., wheat, barley, buckwheat, potatoes)

備荒食

びこうしょく

emergency food

備荒貯蓄

びこうちょちく

famine-relief fund

備州

びしゅう

Bishū (the three former provinces of Bizen, Bitchū and Bingo)

備前焼

びぜんやき

Bizen ware (type of pottery)

備長炭

びんちょうずみ

high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)

破天荒

はてんこう

unheard-of

比良八荒

ひらはっこう

cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

手荒

てあら

violent

八荒

はっこう

the national boundaries

口荒

くちあら

rough speaking

備わる

そなわる

to be among