懂中文 Dong Chinese

饉

jǐn

time of famine or crop failure

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

Components
飠 meaning component

飠  Meaning component

shí

  

eat

堇 sound,meaning component

堇  Sound Meaning component

jǐn

  

clay

Evolution

饉 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
饉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

馑 (饉) 

jǐn

time of famine or crop failure

Most common words with 饉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

馑

time of famine or crop failure

饥馑荐臻

famine repeats unceasingly (idiom, from Book of Songs)