懂中文 Dong Chinese

馑

jǐn

time of famine or crop failure

A time of little 堇 food 饣; 堇 also provides the pronunciation

Components
饣 meaning component

饣  Meaning component

shí

  

eat

堇 sound,meaning component

堇  Sound Meaning component

jǐn

  

clay

Evolution

馑 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
馑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
馑 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
馑 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
馑 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

馑 (饉) 

jǐn

time of famine or crop failure

Most common words with 馑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

馑

time of famine or crop failure

饥馑荐臻

famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)