飢
Hungry, Starve JLPT N1
10 strokes · school grade 8 · frequency rank #1659
Meaning
Hungry, Starve
Readings
On’yomiキ ki
Kun’yomiう.える ueru
Radical
Components
- 飠 (radical)
- 几
Example sentences
- 我々は飢餓を免れようとしている。We are trying to keep the wolf from the door.
- 世界には飢えに苦しむ人々も居る。Some people in the world suffer from hunger.
- 火山の噴火に続いて飢饉が訪れた。Famine followed upon the eruption of the volcano.
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