馑 = 饣 + 堇

馑 is a simplified Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “time of famine or crop failure”. It is built from 饣 (eat) and 堇 (yellow loam).

Keyword: time of famine or crop failure
Pinyin (Mandarin): jǐn
Script: Simplified chinese hanzi
Also known as: время голода или неурожая

Decomposition

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饣 eat
堇 yellow loam

How to find 馑 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “eat” + “yellow loam”. 馑 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 馑 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.