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餓

See also: 饿
餓 U+9913, 餓
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9913
← 餒
[U+9912] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 餔 →
[U+9914]

Translingual

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Han character

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餓 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 人戈竹手戈 (OIHQI), four-corner 83750, composition ⿰飠我)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1420, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44168
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1945, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4456, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+9913

Chinese

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trad. 餓
simp. 饿

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 餓
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 
Characters in the same phonetic series (我) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
莪 *ŋaːl
哦 *ŋaːl
娥 *ŋaːl
峨 *ŋaːl
峩 *ŋaːl
鵝 *ŋaːl
俄 *ŋaːl
蛾 *ŋaːl, *ŋralʔ
睋 *ŋaːl
涐 *ŋaːl
誐 *ŋaːl
硪 *ŋaːl, *ŋaːlʔ
我 *ŋaːlʔ
騀 *ŋaːlʔ
餓 *ŋaːls
義 *ŋrals
儀 *ŋral
轙 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
檥 *ŋral, *ŋralʔ
蟻 *ŋralʔ
艤 *ŋralʔ
礒 *ŋralʔ
羛 *ŋralʔ, *hŋral
議 *ŋrals
犧 *hŋral
曦 *hŋral
羲 *hŋral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋaːls) : semantic 食 + phonetic 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ).

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mwat ~ *ŋ(w)at (“hungry; thirsty”). Cognate with Burmese မွတ် (mwat) and ငတ် (ngat) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 餓
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 五个切
Baxter ngaH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋɑH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋɑH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋaH/
Li
Rong 		/ŋɑH/
Wang
Li 		/ŋɑH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ŋɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		è
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngo6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 餓
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		è
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngaH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋˁaj-s/
English hungry

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 餓
Reading # 1/1
No. 13044
Phonetic
component 		我
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		餓
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋaːls/

Definitions

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餓

  1. hungry
    我餓了。／我饿了。  ―  Wǒ è le.  ―  I'm hungry.
    誰肚子餓？／谁肚子饿？  ―  Shéi dùzi è?  ―  Who's hungry?
  2. to starve someone

Synonyms

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  • (hungry):
Dialectal synonyms of 餓 (“hungry”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 飢, 餓
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 餓, 飢餓
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 餓
Taiwan 餓
Chengde 餓
Chifeng 餓
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 餓
Heihe 餓
Qiqihar 餓
Harbin 餓
Jiamusi 餓
Baicheng 餓
Changchun 餓
Tonghua 餓
Shenyang 餓
Jinzhou 餓
Singapore 餓
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 餓
Tangshan 餓
Cangzhou 餓
Baoding 餓
Shijiazhuang 餓
Lijin 飢困
Jinan 餓
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 餓
Dandong 餓
Yantai 餓, 飢困
Qingdao 餓, 飢困
Central Plains Mandarin Lingbao 飢
Jining 餓
Linfen 飢
Shangqiu 餓, 飢
Yuanyang 餓
Zhengzhou 飢
Xinyang 餓
Baihe 餓
Xi'an 飢, 餓
Baoji 飢
Tianshui 餓
Xining 餓
Xuzhou 餓
Fuyang 餓
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 餓
Lanzhou 餓
Dunhuang 餓
Hami 餓
Ürümqi 餓
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 餓
Nanchong 餓
Dazhou 餓
Hanyuan 餓
Xichang 餓
Zigong 餓
Chongqing 餓
Wuhan 餓
Yichang 餓
Xiangyang 餓
Tianmen 餓
Guiyang 餓
Zunyi 餓
Bijie 餓
Liping 餓
Zhaotong 餓
Dali 餓
Kunming 餓
Mengzi 餓
Guilin 餓
Liuzhou 餓
Jishou 餓
Changde 餓
Hanzhong 餓
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 餓
Yangzhou 餓
Lianyungang 餓
Lianshui 餓
Nantong 餓
Anqing 餓
Hefei 餓
Hong'an 餓
Cantonese Guangzhou 肚餓, 餓
Hong Kong 肚餓, 餓
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 肚餓
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 肚餓
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 肚胈餓
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 肚胈餓
Macau 餓
Guangzhou (Panyu) 肚餓
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 肚餓
Guangzhou (Conghua) 肚餓
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 肚餓
Foshan 肚餓
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 肚餓
Foshan (Shunde) 餓
Foshan (Sanshui) 肚餓
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 肚餓
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 餓
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 餓
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 肚餓
Zhuhai (Doumen) 肚餓
Jiangmen (Baisha) 肚飢
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 肚餓
Taishan 肚飢
Kaiping (Chikan) 肚餓
Enping (Niujiang) 肚餓
Heshan (Yayao) 肚餓
Dongguan 屎肚餓
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 肚餓
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 餓
Shaoguan 肚餓
Yunfu 肚餓
Yangjiang 餓
Xinyi 肚餓
Lianjiang 肚餓
Nanning 肚餓
Hepu (Lianzhou) 飢
Hepu (Shatian) 飢, 餓
Beihai 餓
Beihai (Nankang) 餓
Beihai (Yingpan) 飢
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 肚餓
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 肚餓
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 肚餓
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 餓
Singapore (Guangfu) 餓, 肚餓
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 餓
Móng Cái 肚餓
Gan Nanchang 餓
Hakka Meixian 肚飢, 餓
Xingning 餓
Dabu (Xihe) 豺
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 肚胈餓
Huidong (Daling) 餓
Dongguan (Qingxi) 肚胈餓
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 肚胈餓
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 餓
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 肚𤸁
Wuhua (Huacheng) 肚飢, 肚胈餓
Wuhua (Changbu) 肚胈飢
Wuhua (Mianyang) 肚𤸁
Wuhua (Meilin) 𤸁
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 肚飢
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 肚胈餓
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 餓
Jiexi 肚屎𤸁
Changting 腹飢, 餓
Longyan (Yongding) 肚飢
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 豺
Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) 肚飢
Wuping 肚飢
Wuping (Pingyu) 肚飢
Liancheng 腹飢
Liancheng (Peitian) 腹底飢, 腹飢, 餓
Liancheng (Juxi) 腹裡飢, 腹飢, 飢
Liancheng (Zhongbao) 腹飢
Liancheng (Laiyuan) 腹飢, 餓肚屎, 肚屎空
Ninghua 腹飢
Ruijin 肚飢, 肚籮捏飢
Shicheng 肚飢
Shangyou (Shexi) 肚飢
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 肚飢, 肚枵
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 肚飢
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 肚屎枵, 肚枵
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 肚飢, 肚屎枵, 肚枵
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 肚屎枵, 肚枵
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 屎肚枵
Hong Kong 餓
Sabah (Longchuan) 肚胈餓
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 肚餓
Senai (Huiyang) 餓
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 肚屎枵, 肚屎飢, 𤸁
Singkawang 肚屎飢
Bangkok (Meixian) 肚飢
Bangkok (Fengshun) 肚𤸁
Huizhou Shexian 餓
Jin Taiyuan 餓
Yangyuan 餓, 飢
Datong 飢
Xinzhou 餓
Lüliang (Lishi) 餓
Changzhi 飢
Linhe 餓
Jining 餓
Hohhot 餓
Erenhot 餓, 飢
Pingshan 餓
Zhangjiakou 餓
Handan 餓, 飢
Linzhou 飢
Suide 餓
Northern Min Jian'ou 腹飢, 餓
Eastern Min Fuzhou 空, 枵 dated
Southern Min Xiamen 枵
Xiamen (Tong'an) 腹肚枵
Quanzhou 枵
Shishi 枵
Zhangzhou 枵
Zhao'an 枵, 腹肚枵
Taipei (Wanhua) 枵
Kaohsiung 枵
Yilan 枵
Changhua (Lukang) 枵
Taichung 枵
Taichung (Wuqi) 枵
Tainan 枵
Taitung 枵
Hsinchu 枵
Penghu (Magong) 枵
Penang (Hokkien) 枵
Singapore (Hokkien) 枵, 腹肚枵
Manila (Hokkien) 枵, 腹肚枵
Chaozhou 枵, 肚困, 肚枵
Shantou 肚困, 枵
Shantou (Chenghai) 肚困, 枵
Shantou (Chaoyang) 肚困
Jieyang 枵
Haifeng 肚枵
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 枵
Singapore (Teochew) 肚困, 枵
Wenchang 肚困
Haikou 困, 肚困
Singapore (Hainanese) 困, 肚困
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 肚餓
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 餓, 肚餓
Wu Shanghai 餓
Suzhou 餓
Ningbo 肚飢
Wenzhou 餓
Jinhua 肚飢
Xiang Changsha 餓, 䐬
Shuangfeng 肚䐬, 餓 intensified

Compounds

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Japanese

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Shinjitai 餓
Kyūjitai
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餓󠄁
餓+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1) 		 
餓󠄃
餓+&#xE0103;?
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Kanji

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餓

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. hungry

Readings

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  • Go-on: が (ga, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: が (ga, Jōyō)
  • Kun: うえる (ueru, 餓える)

Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology

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Kanji in this term
餓
が
Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 餓 (MC ngaH).

Pronunciation

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Affix

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餓(が) • (ga) 

  1. hungry; hunger

References

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  1. ^ “餓”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

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Hanja

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餓 • (a) (hangeul 아)

  1. hungry
  2. greedy for
  3. hunger

Vietnamese

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Han character

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餓: Hán Nôm readings: ngạ[1][2][3], nga[1], ngã[2][3]

  1. chữ Hán form of ngạ (“hunger, hungry”).

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Trần (2004).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bonet (1899).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Génibrel (1898).
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