餓 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

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hungry

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

Components

飠 Meaning component

飠 is a component form of 食.

我 Sound component

Change in sound

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

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

《說文》：“餓，飢也。从食，我聲。”