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N1 15 strokes

starve, hungry, thirst · đói

訓 う(える) ・ 音 ガ

Sino-Vietnamese: ngạ

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The eating radical 食 plus 我 for sound: lacking food means starving, as in the hungry ghosts of Buddhism.

At a glance

Sino-Vietnamese
ngạ
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
う(える)
Strokes
15
JLPT
N1

On'yomi

Kun'yomi

う(える)
Sino-Vietnamese: ngạ

Stroke order

Practice writing

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Radical

Eat (side form)
8 strokes

Example sentences

戦争中、多くの人が餓死した。 (せんそうちゅうおおくのひとががしした)

During the war, many people starved to death.