漢字道KANJIDO

16 strokesRadical

1University / general (hardest)16 strokesRadical
On
ダイ・イ
Kun
う.える
Meaning
to starve; to go bad

Origin

ORIGIN

Food 食 with 妥 as phonetic: to go hungry when food runs out; also of fish going bad.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 飢餒きだい

    starvation

  • 餒えるうえる

    to starve

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

飢餒に苦しむ人を救う。

They save those suffering from starvation.

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