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starve
Stroke count: 15

Readings

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Kun readingう.える
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. starveRtK
    戦争は歴史上ずっと飢餓を引き起こしてきた。War has produced famine throughout history.tatoeba
    彼の下で働くぐらいなら私はむしろ餓死する。I would rather starve than work under him.tatoeba
  2. hungry
    彼は餓えたものに食物を供給した。He furnished the hungry with food.tatoeba
    村人たちがおそれていたのは餓えた熊だった。It was the hungry bears that the villagers were afraid of.tatoeba
  3. thirst
  1. (death from) starvation
  2. starving to death

Radicals and components

Radical食eat飠variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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eat · food · umbrella · good · halo · drop (丶) · silver (金) · ego · hand (手) · fiesta

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1586

Compound words

飢餓きが
starvation; famine; hunger
餓死がし
(death from) starvation; starving to death
餓えうえ
hunger
餓鬼がき
brat
餓狼がろう
hungry wolf
饑餓きが
starvation
悪餓鬼わるがき
brat
餓えるうえる
to starve
餓鬼道がきどう
hungry ghost (preta) realm
餓鬼大将がきだいしょう
leader of the pack (of a group of kids)
飢餓療法きがりょうほう
starvation diet

Stroke Order

15 strokes

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