饿 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

è HSK1

hungry

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

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

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

Regular Modern

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

《說文》：“餓，飢也。从食，我聲。”