Kanji
饉
kanji character
hunger
饉 kanji-饉 hunger
饉
Meaning
hunger
Readings
Kun'yomi
- うえる
On'yomi
- き きん famine
- みずき きん drought
- だいき きん great famine
Practice Writing
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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飢 饉 famine, crop failure, chronic shortage (e.g. of water) -
饑 饉 famine, crop failure, chronic shortage (e.g. of water) -
水 飢 饉 drought, water shortage -
大 飢 饉 great famine, severe famine -
豊 作 飢 饉 impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest, decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests -
享 保 の飢 饉 Kyōhō famine (1732) -
天 明 の飢 饉 Tenmei famine (1782-1787), Temmei famine -
天 保 の飢 饉 Tenpō famine (1833-1836), Tempo famine -
天 保 の大 飢 饉 Great Tempo Famine