餓
READING  ガ
MEANING  starve
JLPT level N1 (full info & stroke order)
 
Words/compounds
餓死
うえじに, がし, かつえじに, きし
(death from) starvation, starving to death
飢餓
きが
hunger, starvation
餓えに苦しむ
うえにくるしむ
to be suffering from hunger
餓鬼
がき, ガキ
brat, kids, preta (hungry ghost), ghoul
 
Example sentences
餓死
餓死寸前でいるところを、彼らは私達の命を救ってくれた。
When we were on the brink of starvation, they saved our lives.
 
Lookalikes
我 
ガ、われ、わ 
ego
義 
ギ 
righteousness