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餓

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • starve
  • hungry
  • thirst

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ガ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • う.える
Strokes
15
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#2072
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
食#184 · eat

Components

Common Words

  • 餓死がしNoun(death from) starvation, starving to death
  • 飢餓きがNounstarvation, famine, hunger
  • 餓鬼がきNounbrat, kid, urchin, little devil
  • 餓狼がろうNounhungry wolf
  • 餓虎がこNounstarving tiger
  • 餓莩がひょうNounstarvation, (bodies of) the starved
  • 餓鬼道がきどうNounhungry ghost (preta) realm
  • 餓死者がししゃNounperson who has died from starvation

Practice in Kanjiru

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Related Kanji

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