漢字道KANJIDO

21 strokesRadical

1University / general (hardest)21 strokesRadical
On
Kun
う.える
Meaning
famine; to starve

Origin

ORIGIN

Food 食 with 幾 as phonetic: to go hungry for want of food; the same as 飢.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 饑饉ききん

    a famine

  • 饑えるうえる

    to starve

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

饑えを訴える声が届く。

Voices crying of hunger reach them.

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