Japanese symbol for “starved”
餓莩
がひょう
Romaji: gahyou
starvation; (bodies of) the starved
In Japanese, starved is 餓莩, read がひょう (gahyou).
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Meanings
- n starvation; (bodies of) the starved
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 飢餓 | きが kiga | starvation; famine; hunger |
| 餓死 | がし gashi | (death from) starvation; starving to death |
| 餓鬼 | がき gaki | brat; kid; urchin |
| 餓狼 | がろう garou | hungry wolf |
| 施餓鬼 | せがき segaki | service for the benefit of suffering spirits |
| 餓鬼道 | がきどう gakidou | hungry ghost realm; preta realm |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.