Kanji
餓
N1
15 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1754
starve, hungry, thirst
On'yomi (音読み)
ガ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
う.える
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
飢餓
きが
starvation; famine
餓死
がし
(death from) starvation; starving to death
川施餓鬼
かわせがき
Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river
餓死者
がししゃ
person who has died from starvation
餓莩
がひょう
starvation; (bodies of) the starved
餓虎
がこ
starving tiger
糞餓鬼
くそがき
stupid brat; son of a bitch
飢餓感
きがかん
(feeling of) hunger
餓鬼
がき
brat; kid
餓死寸前
がしすんぜん
being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
餓鬼んちょ
がきんちょ
brat; kid
墨は餓鬼に磨らせ、筆は鬼に持たせよ
すみはがきにすらせ、ふではおににもたせよ
grind your inkstick gently but move your brush vigorously; let the hungry ghost grind your inkstick, let the ogre hold your brush
飢餓線上に
きがせんじょうに
on the verge of starvation; at the point of starving
Example sentences
戦争（せんそう）は歴史上（れきしじょう）ずっと飢餓（きが）を引き起（ひきお）こしてきた。
War has produced famine throughout history.
人類（じんるい）が飢餓（きが）から解放（かいほう）されるのは、まだ先（さき）のことだ。
The time when mankind is free from hunger is yet to come.
彼（かれ）の下（した）で働（はたら）くぐらいなら私（わたし）はむしろ餓死（がし）する。
I would rather starve than work under him.
食糧不足（しょくりょうぶそく）のため、家畜（かちく）が餓死（がし）した。
Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.