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Kanji Detail for 餓 - "to starve, to be hungry"
餓
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Meaning
餓 means "to starve, to be hungry."
To starve - To be famished; to be near death from lack of food; to become emaciated.
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Words using 餓
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餓死
がし
(death from) starvation; starving to death
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餓死
がし
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Tattoo check: 餓
- Verified meaning: to starve, to be hungry
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
starve; hungry; thirst
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
hungry; greedy for; hunger
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
hungry; to starve (sb)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
hungry; greedy
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Extremely hungry. The Mencius says: "Making his body suffer hunger."
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