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飢

飢 — hungry, starve

On
キ
Kun
うえる
Strokes
10
JLPT
N1
School grade
8

Common words with 飢

  • 飢餓きがstarvation; famine; hungerCommon

    これらの国では飢餓が普通のことである。
    In these countries hunger is the rule.

  • 飢えうえhunger; starvationCommon

    何千という人が飢えで死んだ。
    Thousands of people died of hunger.

  • 飢えるうえるto starve; to be famished; to be hungryCommon

    彼は飢えた者に食を与えた。
    He furnished food to the hungry.

  • 飢饉ききんfamine; crop failureCommon
  • 飢え死にうえじに(death from) starvation; starving to deathCommon
  • 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 rodRare
  • 飢えに苦しむうえにくるしむto suffer from hungerRare
  • 飢餓感きがかん(feeling of) hungerRare
  • 飢餓線上にきがせんじょうにon the verge of starvation; at the point of starvingRare
  • 水飢饉みずききんdrought; water shortageRare
  • 大飢饉だいききんgreat famine; severe famineRare
  • 享保の飢饉きょうほうのききんKyōhō famine (1732)Rare
  • 豊作飢饉ほうさくききんimpoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' inco…Rare
  • 飢え凍えるうえこごえるto starve and freeze to deathRare
  • 天保の大飢饉てんぽうのだいききんGreat Tempo FamineRare
  • 天保の飢饉てんぽうのききんTenpō famine (1833-1836); Tempo famineRare
  • 天明の飢饉てんめいのききんTenmei famine (1782-1787); Temmei famineRare
  • 愛に飢えるあいにうえるto hunger for love; to starve for loveRare
  • 血に飢えるちにうえるto be bloodthirstyRare

With the N5–N1 kanji, you can read 17 words that use 飢.

  • 飢餓 きが starvation; famine; hunger
  • 飢え うえ hunger; starvation
  • 飢える うえる to starve; to be famished; to be hungry
  • 飢え死に うえじに (death from) starvation; starving to death
  • 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

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