Chinese Character 餓 Meanings and components.

Form

餓

Meaning

餓 meaning[3] in English

To Be Hungry.

Hungry.

To Starve (Sb).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 餓 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to eat (食) , and I (我)

Its radical[1] is: 食 (shi2) which means: To Eat, Food, Animal Feed, Eclipse, .食shi2to eat

In cangjie it is written with OIHQI

How to write 餓

To write餓e4to be … you should write a combination of 食shi2to eat , 我wo3I arranged in a 吅 shape:

食 + 我 = 餓

餓 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 餓 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 餓, looks as follow:

餓
Pinyin:e4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Be Hungry . Hungry . To Starve (Sb)
食
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: To Eat . Food . Animal Feed . Eclipse
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
良
Pinyin:liang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Good . Very . Very Much
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy
我
Pinyin:wo3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: I . Me . My
千
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Thousand
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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