The kanji 飢: meaning, readings and stroke order
飢
- Meaning
- starve, hungry
- On reading
- キ ki
- Kun reading
- う(える) ueru
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 食 eat, food
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đói (cơ)
- Japanese
- おなかが ひどく すく。うえる。
- Korean
- 굶주리다 (기)
- Chinese
- 饥饿 (饥)
Readings, words and example sentences
キ ki · on reading · less common
飢餓
hunger, starvation
飢餓を なくす 活動です。
This is work to end hunger.
う(える) ueru · kun reading · less common
飢える
to starve, to go hungry
飢えて いる 人を 助けます。
We help people who are going hungry.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.