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餓

JLPT N1 · 15 strokes

The kanji 餓 — “extreme hunger”

餓 means extreme hunger and is a JLPT N1 kanji. It has 15 strokes and uses the Food radical (飠).

Stroke order · 15 strokes

On'yomi (音読み): ガ
Kun'yomi (訓読み): う(える)
Radical: 飠 · Food
Strokes: 15

How to remember 餓

No food (食) for me (我) — starvation. 飢餓 — famine; a heavy kanji from history news.

Example words with 餓

On'yomi readings

飢餓きがfamine, starvation

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