饿 è

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

餓 è

Contains the radical

饣 shí

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To want 我 wǒ food 饣 shí ; 我 wǒ also provides the pronunciation

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰饣我

Explanation

Simplified form of 餓 è . Phonosemantic compound. 飠 shí represents the meaning and 我 wǒ represents the sound.

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这里 zhè lǐ 有 yǒu 点 diǎn 吃 chī 的 de ,谁 shuí 饿 è 了 le 可以 kěyǐ 先点补 bǔ 点补 diǎn bǔ .

Here's a bite to eat if anyone's hungry.

狗 gǒu 饿 è 了 le , 所以 suǒyǐ 我们 wǒmen 喂 wéi 它 tā .

The dog was hungry, so we fed it.

他们 tā men 又 yòu 冷 Lěng 又 yòu 饿 è , 无助 wú zhù 地 de 漂 piāo 向 Xiàng 北 běi 极 jí .

Cold and hungry, they drifted helplessly towards the Arctic.

别 Bié 饿 è 着 zhāo 小 xiǎo 猫 māo .

Don't starve the kitten.

闻 Wén 到 dào 炉子 lú zi 上 shǎng 的 de 汤 Tāng 味 wèi ,使 shǐ 我 wǒ 觉得 juéde 饿 è 了 le .

A sniff of the soup cooking on the stove made me hungry.

Explore 11 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 饿 è in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
饿 è	hungry	餓 è
饥饿 jīè	hunger	飢餓
挨饿 aí è	to go hungry	挨餓
饿鬼 è guǐ	glutton	餓鬼
忍饥挨饿 rěn jī aí è	starving	忍飢挨餓
饿殍 è piǎo	starving people	餓殍
饿虎扑食 è hǔ pū shí	like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey	餓虎撲食
解饿 jiě è	to relieve hunger	解餓
饱汉不知饿汉饥 bǎo hàn bù zhī è hàn jī	The well-fed cannot know how the starving suffer (idiom).	飽漢不知餓漢飢
饿殍载道 è piǎo zài dào	starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine	餓殍載道
饿莩遍野 è piǎo biàn yě	starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine	餓莩遍野