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饿

饿 - è

hungry; greedy for; hunger

hungry; greedy for; hunger

How to read 饿

Click 饿 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi饿
Traditional
Pinyinè
Englishhungry; greedy for; hunger
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

饿扁 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 饿死. Please read 饿殍 one more time.

Common words with this character

to be famished; ravenously hungry
to starve to death; to be very hungry
starving people
sb who is always hungry; glutton; hungry ghost

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 饿 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 饿扁 and 饿死 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 饿.