餓
餓 — Starve
starve, hungry, thirst
On’yomiガ (ga)
Kun’yomiうえる (ueru)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 餓
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飢餓 | きが kiga | starvation; famine; hunger |
| 餓死 | がし gashi | (death from) starvation; starving to death |
Study notes
餓 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1754 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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