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飢 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「飠」

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準2High school level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「飠」
On
キき · ki
Kun
う.えるu.eru
Meaning
starve; hunger

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

飠 "food" with 几: not enough to eat — to go hungry, to starve.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキきki飢餓きが
Kunうえるueru飢えるうえる飢えうえ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 飢餓きが

    starvation; famine

  • 飢えうえ

    hunger

More words with this kanji

  • 飢餒きだい
  • 飢饉ききん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

飢(う)えに苦(くる)しむ人(ひと)を助(たす)ける。

We help people suffering from hunger.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

飢餓飢餓starve飯cooked…飴candy飭to set…飫to eat…飩used…肌skin几small…乞beg己onesel…卉plants
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 飠Map of reading キAll maps

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