This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: キン、う.える
Romaji: kin, u.eru
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

hunger

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  20
Radical Number:  184
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-9-11
Korean Reading:  geun
Chinese Reading:  jin3
Unicode:  9949
JIS:  713C

Indexes

Nelson Index: 5179
New Nelson Index: 6709
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8b11.2
Four Corner Index: 8471.4
Daikanwanjiten Index: 44366
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0425

Words

飢饉 (ききん)
famine; drought; shortage; crop failure
豊作飢饉 (ほうさくききん)
impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests
天保の大飢饉 (てんぽうのだいききん)
Great Tempo Famine
水飢饉 (みずききん)
drought; water shortage
大飢饉 (だいききん)
severe famine
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