EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    (death from) starvation; starving to death

    Sensitivesee 餓死see がし

    そんなことをするくらいなら飢え死にしたほうがましだ。
    I might as well starve as do such a thing.

Also written 餓え死に【うえじに】飢死に【うえじに】飢え死【うえじに】飢死【うえじに】饑死【うえじに】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hungry, starve

Kun
う.える
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1659 of 2500
Radical
eat
WaniKani
Level 48

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-8-2SKIP code
8b2.1The Kanji Dictionary
8771.0Four corner code
2857deroo
98e2Unicode hex code
1-21-18JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5155Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6675New Nelson (John Haig)
1668New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2101Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1093Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1490Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1475Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1585Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1947A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1717Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44023PMorohashi
1127A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1304Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1383Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1903Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1404Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1346Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1902Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1487Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ji1Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
48WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

death, die

Kun
し.ぬし.に-
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
229 of 2500
Radical
death
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-6-1SKIP code
0a6.6The Kanji Dictionary
1021.2, 1021.1Four corner code
3256deroo
6b7bUnicode hex code
1-27-64JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2439Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2968New Nelson (John Haig)
3521New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4334Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2194Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2952Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
815Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
878Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
254A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
207Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
16365Morohashi
286A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
85Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
85Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
223sakade
205Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
302henshall3
267Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
238crowley
258Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.5busy_people
1133Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
823Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
si3Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level