饑

20 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

hunger, thirst

Kun'yomi
  • うえる
    		to starve ②to be starved of (e.g. love)
On'yomi
  • キ

Main Radical

食(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

キ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

hunger, thirst
キ　う.える (Kentei 1)
eat, food, eat radical (no. 184)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
good, pleasing, skilled
よ.い　リョウ　ら (4th, N3)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)
うしとら　コン (Kentei Pre-1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
how many, how much, how far
いく-　キ　い (7th, N3)
minute, extremely small, tiny
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ　ちいさい (Kentei 1)
protection
ジュ　まもり　まも.る (Kentei 1)
5th calendar sign
つちのえ　ボ　ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ　カ　ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク　いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 9951
JIS X 0208 1-81-32
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5185
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6716
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1813
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2281
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 44397X
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8b12.1
Four corner code 8275.3