饿殍 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

èpiǎo

starving people

è hungry Simplified

Simplified form of 餓. Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound.

Components

饣 Meaning component

shí eat

饣 is a component form of 食.

我 Sound component

wǒ I; me

Change in sound

饿 and 我 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
饿 ngaH
我 ngaX

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

piǎo, bì to starve to death

Components

歹 Meaning component

dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

death

孚 Sound component

fú captive

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	brɯwʔ
	browʔ
	pʰuw

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

è hungry Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 我 represents the sound.

Components

飠 Meaning component

eat

飠 is a component form of 食.

我 Sound component

wǒ I; me

Change in sound

餓 and 我 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
餓 ngaH
我 ngaX

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ngaH	ŋˤaj-s	hungry

說文解字

《說文》：“餓，飢也。从食，我聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

饿 è hungry Simplified

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殍 piǎo, bì to starve to death

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餓 è hungry Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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è hungry Simplified

piǎo, bì to starve to death

è hungry Traditional