飢 hungry, starve 10 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1659 in newspapers Readings Onキ Kunう.える In Chinese 饥, traditional 飢 Words written with it 飢餓 きが starvation 飢え うえ hunger 飢える うえる to starve N2 飢饉 ききん famine N2 飢え死に うえじに (death from) starvation