餓

See also: 饿

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

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

trad.		餓
simp.		饿

Glyph origin

	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

Characters in the same phonetic series (我) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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/
Bernard 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/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): è (e⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄜˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): вә (və, III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngo

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngo⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): ghe³
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngô̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gō / ngō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gho⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ngu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: è
    • Zhuyin: ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: è
    • Wade–Giles: o⁴
    • Yale: è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eh
    • Palladius: э (e)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤ⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: вә (və, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /və⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ngo⁶
    • Yale: ngoh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngo
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngo
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngo⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋo⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngo⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋo⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ghe³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɣɤ⁴⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngô̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gō
    • Tâi-lô: gō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡo⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɡo²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡɤ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡo³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngō͘
    • Tâi-lô: ngōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋɔ̃⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gho⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: gō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡo¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ngu
    • MiniDict: ngu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ngu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ŋu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngaH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤaj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːls/

Definitions

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

• (hungry):

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

Dialectal synonyms of 餓 (“hungry”) [map]

Compounds

• 忍飢挨餓／忍饥挨饿
• 忍饑受餓／忍饥受饿
• 挨餓／挨饿 (ái'è)
• 挨餓受凍／挨饿受冻
• 窮酸餓醋／穷酸饿醋
• 翳桑餓人／翳桑饿人
• 色中餓鬼／色中饿鬼
• 西山餓夫／西山饿夫
• 貧嘴餓舌／贫嘴饿舌
• 飢餓／饥饿 (jī'è)
• 飢餓三十／饥饿三十
• 飢鷹餓虎／饥鹰饿虎
• 餓死／饿死 (èsǐ)
• 餓殍枕藉／饿殍枕借
• 餓殺／饿杀
• 餓漢／饿汉
• 餓狼／饿狼 (èláng)
• 餓獠／饿獠
• 餓答／饿答
• 餓紋／饿纹
• 餓肚子／饿肚子 (è dùzi)
• 餓膈／饿膈
• 餓莩／饿莩 (èpiǎo)
• 餓莩載道／饿莩载道
• 餓虎吞羊／饿虎吞羊
• 餓虎撲羊／饿虎扑羊
• 餓虎撲食／饿虎扑食
• 餓虎撲食／饿虎扑食
• 餓虎擒羊／饿虎擒羊
• 餓虎飢鷹／饿虎饥鹰
• 餓隸／饿隶
• 餓飯／饿饭 (èfàn)
• 餒餓／馁饿
• 餓鬼／饿鬼 (èguǐ)
• 餓鬼道／饿鬼道

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	餓
Kyūjitai [1]	餓󠄁 餓+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	餓󠄃 餓+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 餓

餓

(Jōyō kanji)

1. hungry

Readings

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

Compounds

Compounds

• 餓鬼(がき) (gaki)
• 餓死(がし) (gashi)
• 餓狼(がろう) (garō, “hungry wolf”)
• 飢餓(きが) (kiga)

Etymology

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

From Middle Chinese 餓 (MC ngaH).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠]

Affix

餓(が) • (ga) 

1. hungry; hunger

References

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

Korean

Hanja

餓 • (a) (hangeul 아)

1. hungry
2. greedy for
3. hunger

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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

References

1. Trần (2004).
2. Bonet (1899).
3. Génibrel (1898).