餓 — a

Parts that make up 餓

How 餓 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 餓 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 食, 我.

Korean example words with 餓

• 아사餓死 Korean gloss: 굶어 죽음
• 기아飢餓 Korean gloss: 먹을 것이 없어 배를 곯는 것
• 아귀餓鬼 Korean gloss: 성질이 사납고 지독히 탐욕스러운 사람을 비유적으로 이르는 말
• 아사자餓死者 Korean gloss: 굶어 죽은 사람
• 기아사飢餓死 Korean gloss: 먹을 것이 없어 배를 곯아서 죽음
• 기아국飢餓國 Korean gloss: 국민들 대부분이 굶주림에 시달리는 국가
• 아귀병餓鬼病 Korean gloss: 걸신들린 사람처럼 많이 먹으면서도 항상 배고파하고 몸이 마르는 병적인 증세
• 아살餓殺 Korean gloss: 굶겨 죽임.
• 기아지경飢餓之境 Korean gloss: 굶주리는 지경
• 기아선상飢餓線上 Korean gloss: 굶어 죽을 지경
• 한아寒餓 Korean gloss: 추위와 굶주림.
• 아표餓莩 Korean gloss: 굶어 죽은 송장.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 餓

• 飢餓きが starvation; famine; hunger
• 餓死がし (death from) starvation; starving to death
• 餓鬼がき brat; kid; urchin
• 餓狼がろう hungry wolf
• 餓虎がこ starving tiger
• 餓莩がひょう starvation; (bodies of) the starved
• 餓鬼道がきどう hungry ghost realm; preta realm
• 施餓鬼せがき service for the benefit of suffering spirits
• 飢餓感きがかん (feeling of) hunger
• 糞餓鬼くそがき stupid brat; son of a bitch
• 餓死者がししゃ person who has died from starvation
• 飢餓療法きがりょうほう starvation diet; fasting cure; hunger cure

Characters sharing the phonetic 我

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “아” in Korean.

Other hanja read “아”

Other hanja with radical 食