Kanji

饉

饉

hunger

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

20 strokes

Radical

食部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

うえる

Example sentences

飢饉 ききん
冷害 による 作物 の 不作 が 続き 、 大規模な 飢饉 が 発生 した 。

A severe famine occurred due to the continued crop failure caused by cold weather damage.

餓死 がし
飢饉 で 多く の 人 が 餓死 した 。

Many people starved to death due to the famine.

Example Vocabulary

飢饉

ききん

famine; starvation

大飢饉

だいききん

天保の大飢饉

てんぽうのだいききん

ジャガイモ飢饉

饑饉

ききん

水飢饉

みずききん

豊作飢饉

ほうさくききん

オリッサ飢饉

ラージプーターナー飢饉

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