Word Meaning 飢餓

きが kiga

飢餓 is read as きが (kiga) and means starvation.

Meaning

English

starvation
famine
hunger

Reading

Kana

きが

Romaji

kiga

Writing Variants

饑餓きが kiga

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Synonyms 飢え,餓え,粥腹,飢渇,饑渇,飢饉,饑饉,空腹 Rank 5887 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

飢餓線上に

きがせんじょうに

on the verge of starvation

飢餓療法

きがりょうほう

starvation diet

飢餓感

きがかん

(feeling of) hunger

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

飢饉

ききん

chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

餓死

がし

(death from) starvation