飢

10 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 9th grade
JLPT exam level N1

hungry, starve

Kun'yomi
  • うえる
    		to starve ②to be starved of (e.g. love)
On'yomi
  • キ

Main Radical

食(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

うえる 85.4%
キ 14.6%

Character Breakdown

hungry, starve
う.える　キ (9th, N1)
eat, food, eat radical (no. 184)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い　リョウ　ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら　コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ　きにょう (Kentei 1)

Common Words

う
飢
　
え
hunger
う
飢
　
え
　
る
to starve ②to be starved of (e.g. love)
き
飢
が
餓
starvation
う
飢
　
え
じ
死
　
に
(death from) starvation
き
飢
きん
饉
famine ②chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
あい
愛
　
に
う
飢
　
え
　
る
to hunger for love
う
飢
　
え
　
に
くる
苦
　
し
　
む
to suffer from hunger
う
飢
　
え
こご
凍
　
え
　
る
to starve and freeze to death
ち
血
　
に
う
飢
　
え
　
る
to be bloodthirsty
う
飢
　
え
　
た
　
る
いぬ
犬
　
は
ぼう
棒
　
を
おそ
恐
　
れ
　
ず
a starved dog does not fear the rod
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References

Unicode hex code 98E2
JIS X 0208 1-21-18
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Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1487
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8b2.1
Four corner code 8771.0
De Roo Code 2857