JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 3

Meaning

Kanji 餓

starve

starve, hungry, thirst

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
う.える
Onyomi 音読み
Nanori 名乗り
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Variant: 饿 (Itaiji) • Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
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JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#1754
Strokes
15
Radical
Components
Kanji Kentei
Level 3
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Related vocabulary

Showing 21 common entries

Showing 21 of 23 entries that include this kanji.

餓死

がし

(death from) starvation

飢える

うえる

to be starved of (e.g. love)

飢え死に

うえじに

(death from) starvation

飢え

うえ

hunger

ガキ共

ガキども

damn kids

ガキ大将

がきだいしょう

leader of the pack (of a group of kids)

餓鬼

がき

preta

餓鬼道

がきどう

hungry ghost (preta) realm

餓虎

がこ

starving tiger

餓死寸前

がしすんぜん

being on the verge of starvation

餓狼

がろう

hungry wolf

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は三日も何も食べていないので、えている。

He is starving because he hasn't eaten anything for three days.

雪で村が閉ざされ、住民は食料にえた。

The village was cut off by snow, and the residents went hungry for lack of food.

飢饉の年には、多くの人が死した。

In the famine year, many people starved to death.

その子は朝から何も食べておらず、えて泣いていた。

The child had eaten nothing since morning and was crying from hunger.

戦争が長引き、人々は日ごとにえていった。

As the war dragged on, people grew hungrier day by day.