time of famine or crop failure

饉 character breakdown

clay / old variant of 僅|仅[jin3] / violet (plant)

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is throwing violet (堇) clay (堇) and dirt (土) at the king's cow hide (革) in the encampment ((e)n3).
to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bag of instant noodles.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) went camping in the space station's bathroom (Ø2). As foodstuffs he brought chewing gum (艮) and instant noodles (食), but he forgot to bring his gas stove, so in front of his tipi (亽) He is eating chewing gums all day.
to feed (a person or animal)

Characters with 饉 as component

饉 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 饉

famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)

Sentences with 饉

饉 currently does not appear in any sentence.