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飢

JLPT N1 10 strokes Frequency: #1659

Meanings

Hungry, Starve

Radicals

飠

Decomposition

⿰飠几

Etymology

Pictophonetic: food

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot right-to-left

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 corner bottom-to-top

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 corner bottom-to-top

8 dot bottom-to-top

9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

10 corner right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キ ki

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

う u

Words Using This Kanji

16 words total

Other (16 words)

飢えるうえる

to starve

hunger

starvation

飢渇きかつ

hunger and thirst

飢餓療法きがりょうほう

starvation diet

飢寒きかん

hunger and cold

飢民きみん

starving people

飢えに苦しむうえにくるしむ

to suffer from hunger

飢餓感きがかん

(feeling of) hunger

飢え凍えるうえこごえる

to starve and freeze to death

飢凍きとう

starving and freezing to death

血に飢えるちにうえる

to be bloodthirsty

飢餓線上にきがせんじょうに

on the verge of starvation

飢え死にうえじに

(death from) starvation

飢えたる犬は棒を恐れずうえたるいぬはぼうをおそれず

a starved dog does not fear the rod

愛に飢えるあいにうえる

to hunger for love