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飢
Kanji meaning "hungry, starve"
Stroke order
Jiten frequency #1746
JLPT N1
Secondary
Kanken Level 準2
WaniKani Level 48
RTK
KLC Volume 9
TMW Debut Idol
10 strokes
Meanings
hungry, starve
On'yomi
キ
Kun'yomi
う.える
Stroke order
(10 strokes)
Composed of
飠
eat
radical
几
table
phonetic
Components and stroke order from
KanjiVG
(
CC BY-SA 3.0
)
Reading usage
き
18 (62%)
う
9 (31%)
うえ
2 (7%)
飢
(
き
)
餓
(
が
)
starvation
#29950
飢
(
き
)
饉
(
きん
)
famine
#35949
飢
(
き
)
餓
(
が
)
感
(
かん
)
(feeling of) hunger
#55935
大
(
だい
)
飢
(
き
)
饉
(
きん
)
great famine
#76197
飢
(
き
)
きん
famine
#114366
飢
(
き
)
渇
(
かつ
)
hunger and thirst
#144240
飢
(
き
)
民
(
みん
)
starving people
#221588
天
(
てん
)
保
(
ぽう
)
の
大
(
だい
)
飢
(
き
)
饉
(
きん
)
Great Tempo Famine
#235224
飢渇丸
(
きかつがん
)
starch-based portable ration pill used by ninja and soldiers
#242170
天明
(
てんめい
)
の
飢饉
(
ききん
)
Tenmei famine (1782-1787)
#261919
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Most common words using this kanji
飢
(
う
)
える
to starve
#6584
飢
(
う
)
え
hunger
#16386
飢
(
う
)
え
死
(
じ
)
に
(death from) starvation
#24760
飢
(
き
)
餓
(
が
)
starvation
#29950
血
(
ち
)
に
飢
(
う
)
える
to be bloodthirsty
#31573
飢
(
き
)
饉
(
きん
)
famine
#35949
飢
(
き
)
餓
(
が
)
感
(
かん
)
(feeling of) hunger
#55935
愛
(
あい
)
に
飢
(
う
)
える
to hunger for love
#62204
飢
(
う
)
えに
苦
(
くる
)
しむ
to suffer from hunger
#65792
大
(
だい
)
飢
(
き
)
饉
(
きん
)
great famine
#76197
飢
(
う
)
え
死
(
じに
)
(death from) starvation
#97083
飢
(
き
)
きん
famine
#114366
飢
(
き
)
渇
(
かつ
)
hunger and thirst
#144240
飢
(
うえ
)
死
(
じに
)
(death from) starvation
#144496
飢
(
き
)
民
(
みん
)
starving people
#221588
飢
(
うえ
)
死
(
じ
)
に
(death from) starvation
#225579
天
(
てん
)
保
(
ぽう
)
の
大
(
だい
)
飢
(
き
)
饉
(
きん
)
Great Tempo Famine
#235224
飢渇丸
(
きかつがん
)
starch-based portable ration pill used by ninja and soldiers
#242170
天明
(
てんめい
)
の
飢饉
(
ききん
)
Tenmei famine (1782-1787)
#261919
水
(
みず
)
飢
(
き
)
饉
(
きん
)
drought
#270185
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