Moto 飢: Hungry; StarveKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キ
- Kun'yomi
- う(える)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 25 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キ)
- 飢餓きがstarvation; famine
- 飢饉ききんfamine; crop failure
- 大飢饉だいききんsevere famine
- 水飢饉みずききんdrought; water shortage
- 豊作飢饉ほうさくききんimpoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests
- 飢きんききんfamine; crop failure
- 飢凍きとうstarving and freezing to death
- 飢寒きかんhunger and cold
- 飢民きみんstarving people
- 飢渇きかつhunger and thirst; starvation
- 飢餓感きがかん(feeling of) hunger
- 飢餓療法きがりょうほうstarvation diet; fasting cure
- 飢餓線上にきがせんじょうにon the verge of starvation; at the point of starving
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 飢えうえhunger; starvation
- 飢えるうえるto starve; to be famished
- 飢え死にうえじに(death from) starvation; starving to death
- 愛に飢えるあいにうえるto hunger for love; to starve for love
- 血に飢えるちにうえるto be bloodthirsty
- 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
- 飢えに苦しむうえにくるしむto suffer from hunger
- 飢え凍えるうえこごえるto starve and freeze to death
Other readings
- 天保の大飢饉てんぽうのだいききんGreat Tempo Famine
- 飢え死うえじに(death from) starvation; starving to death
- 飢死うえじに(death from) starvation; starving to death
- 飢死にうえじに(death from) starvation; starving to death
Kanji that often appear with 飢
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