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

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

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

Pronunciation

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

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 Meinong)
  - 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/

Middle Chinese: ngaH

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	/ŋɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋa^H/
Li Rong	/ŋɑ^H/
Wang Li	/ŋɑ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	è
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ngo⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋˤaj-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋaːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	餓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	è
Middle Chinese	‹ nga^H ›
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

餓

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?
to starve someone

Synonyms

(hungry):

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

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)	餓
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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	Shaxi (Longdu)	肚餓
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	餓, 肚餓
Wu	Shanghai	餓
	Suzhou	餓
	Ningbo	肚飢
	Wenzhou	餓
	Jinhua	肚飢
Xiang	Changsha	餓, 䐬
Xiang	Shuangfeng	肚䐬, 餓 intensified

Compounds

Japanese

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

餓

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

hungry

Readings

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

Compounds

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)

hungry; hunger

References

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

Korean

Hanja

餓 • (a) (hangeul 아)

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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

References

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

[gdhn-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Trần (2004).

[bonet-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Bonet (1899).

[genibrel-4] 3.0 ^3.1 Génibrel (1898).

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