き
飢
きん
饉

noun

  1. famine, crop failure.
  2. chronic shortage (e.g. of water).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
き
飢
きん
饉
 飢饉 ききん ✔
き
飢
　
き
　
ん
 飢きん ききん
き
饑
きん
饉
 饑饉 ききん

Contained Kanji 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)
hunger
キン　う.える (Kentei 1)
the violet (菫) variant
twenty
にじゅう　ジュウ　ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
life (生) variant