飢
飢: hunger
hunger; starve
10 strokesSecondary · Stage 3 (about 準2級)in 7 words here
Readings
On
キ
Kunうえる
飢える(うえる) "starve"; 飢え(うえ) "hunger", 飢え死に(うえじに) "starving to death". き in 飢餓(きが) "starvation", 飢饉(ききん) "famine".
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Key words
飢えるうえるto starve; to go hungry
飢えうえhunger
飢餓きがstarvation; famine
飢饉ききんfamine
飢え死にうえじにdeath from starvation
Example sentences
戦争で家を失い、多くの人が飢えに苦しんだ。
Having lost their homes in the war, many people suffered from hunger.
世界では、今も飢餓で亡くなる子どもが多い。
Around the world, many children still die of starvation.
不作が続いて、村は飢饉に見舞われた。
Poor harvests continued, and the village was hit by famine.