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餓

JLPT N1 15 strokes Frequency: #1754

Meanings

Starve, Hungry, Thirst

Radicals

飠

Decomposition

⿰飠我

Etymology

Ideographic: To want 我 food 飠; 我 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 15

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot right-to-left

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 corner bottom-to-top

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 corner bottom-to-top

8 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

12 rising bottom-right-to-top-left

13 hook right-to-left

14 diagonal right-to-left

15 dot right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ガ ga

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

う u

Words Using This Kanji

13 words total

Other (13 words)

餓鬼がき

brat

餓鬼道がきどう

hungry ghost (preta) realm

飢餓きが

starvation

餓死がし

(death from) starvation

飢餓療法きがりょうほう

starvation diet

施餓鬼せがき

service for the benefit of suffering spirits

餓死寸前がしすんぜん

being on the verge of starvation

川施餓鬼かわせがき

Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river

飢餓感きがかん

(feeling of) hunger

飢餓線上にきがせんじょうに

on the verge of starvation

餓鬼んちょがきんちょ

brat

餓虎がこ

starving tiger

餓死者がししゃ

person who has died from starvation

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