飢
starve; hungry
10 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1659.
Readings
- うえる (kun reading): 飢える (うえる) to starve; 飢え (うえ) hunger
- キ (on reading): 飢饉 (ききん) famine; 飢餓 (きが) starvation
Components
Words using 飢
- 飢える (うえる) to starve
- 飢え (うえ) hunger
- 飢え死に (うえじに) (death from) starvation
- 愛に飢える (あいにうえる) to hunger for love
- 飢えに苦しむ (うえにくるしむ) to suffer from hunger
- 飢饉 (ききん) famine
- 飢餓 (きが) starvation
- 天保の大飢饉 (てんぽうのだいききん) Great Tempo Famine
- 飢民 (きみん) starving people
- 飢渇 (きかつ) hunger and thirst
25 words in all.