飢餓

See also: 饥饿

Chinese

hungry to be hungry; hungry
trad. (飢餓) 飢 餓
simp. (饥饿) 饥 饿

Pronunciation

Noun

飢餓

  1. hunger; starvation

Derived terms

Adjective

飢餓

  1. (formal) hungry; starving

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
飢 餓
き
Grade: S		 が
Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Middle Chinese 飢餓

Pronunciation

Noun

飢餓 (hiragana きが, rōmaji kiga)

  1. hunger, starvation, famine
    絶 (た)え間 (ま)ない飢 (き)餓 (が)、ウラモグ
    Taemanai Kiga, Uramogu
    Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
    • 2016 April 23, “ウラモグの道みち滅ほろぼし [Pathrazer of Ulamog]”, in エルドラージ覚醒 [Eldrazi Awakening] (in Japanese), Wizards of the Coast:
      飢 (き)餓 (が)以 (い)外 (がい)に思 (し)想 (そう)無 (な)し。破 (は)壊 (かい)以 (い)外 (がい)に戦 (せん)略 (りゃく)無 (な)し。
      Kiga igai ni shisō-nashi. Hakai igai ni senryaku-nashi.
      No thought but hunger. No strategy but destruction.
    • 1948, 豊島与志雄, 花ふぶき:
      空腹 (くうふく)どころではなく、全 (まった)く飢 (き)餓 (が)だった。
      Kūfuku dokoro de wa naku, mattaku kiga datta.
      It was not any mere hunger, it was absolute starvation.

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
飢餓

Noun

飢餓 • (gia) (hangeul 기아)

  1. Hanja form? of 기아 (“hunger, starvation”).
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