飢
飢 — Hungry
hungry, starve
On’yomiキ (ki)
Kun’yomiうえる (ueru)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 飢
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飢餓 | きが kiga | starvation; famine; hunger |
| 飢え | うえ ue | hunger; starvation |
| 飢える | うえる ueru | to starve; to be famished; to be hungry |
| 飢饉 | ききん kikin | famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water) |
| 飢え死に | うえじに uejini | (death from) starvation; starving to death |
Study notes
飢 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1659 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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