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Food Ego 餓 ガ う.える Starve Hungry Thirst

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi う.える
English starve, hungry, thirst
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1754
Components 食: eat; food
我: ego; I; selfish; our; oneself
Number of Strokes 15
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 184
Radical Strokes 9
Radical Reading しょく・しょくへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword starve
Koohii Story 1 All those starving models in Hollywood - they want to eat, but their ego (about their appearance and trim look) makes sure they grin and bear it!
Koohii Story 2 He starves for FOOD but his EGO won´t let him beg.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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