A time of little 堇 food 飠; 堇 also provides the pronunciation
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Simplified (馑)
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蝕 eat away (trad)飢 starving (trad/jp)飩 dumplings (trad)飪 cooked food (trad)飫 surfeited (trad)飯 meal (trad/jp)飴 Sweet-Cakes Sweet-Meats (trad)飼 rear (trad/jp)飽 sated (trad/jp)餃 dumpling (trad)餄 noodles either made (trad)餅 cookie (trad/jp)餉 rations and pay (trad)餌 bait (trad/jp)餎 noodles either made (trad)餑 cakes (trad)餒 dispirited (trad)餓 hungry (trad/jp)餕 leftovers (trad)餘 excess (trad)
Historical Evolution
馑
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
馑
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
馑
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
馑
Regular
Modern
Chinese
馑 / 饉 [jǐn]
time of famine or crop failure
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (1)
JAPANESE WORDS (8)
⭐ 飢饉 [ききん] #28,667
famine
大飢饉 [だいききん] #79,013
great famine
天保の大飢饉 [てんぽうのだいききん] #210,435
Great Tempo Famine
豊作飢饉 [ほうさくききん] #268,300
impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest
水飢饉 [みずききん] #304,376
drought
享保の飢饉 [きょうほうのききん]
Kyōhō famine (1732)
天保の飢饉 [てんぽうのききん]
Tenpō famine (1833-1836)
天明の飢饉 [てんめいのききん]
Tenmei famine (1782-1787)