Kanji Detail for 飢 - "hunger, to starve, famine"

飢

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning

飢 means "hunger, to starve, famine."
1. Hunger - The need for food.
2. Starve - To suffer from lack of food.
3. Famine - Extreme scarcity of food.
Tattoo check: 飢
- Verified meaning: hunger, to starve, famine
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.
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Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

hungry; starve

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

hunger, starving; hungry; a famine

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) hungry

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

hungry, starving; hunger, famine

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Hungry. As in 飢飽 (hunger and fullness). Different from 饑 in 饑饉 (famine).
Onyomi

ki(キ)
Kunyomi

u.eru(う-える)
Strokes

10 strokes
Radical

食飠 (shoku・shokuhen)
Related Keywords

hunger to starve famine poor harvest starvation deprivation emaciation famished food lack malnutrition need poverty ravenous scarcity