Kanji

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Meaning: hunger, thirst

Kunyomi: う.える

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: eat, food

Examples

Onyomi Examples

飢餓 キガ starvation, famine, hunger

飢饉 キキン famine, crop failure, chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

Kunyomi Examples

飢える うえる to starve, to be famished, to be hungry, to be starved of (e.g. love), to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge), to be hungry for