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饿 (è): Hungry — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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Animated Stroke Order 饿

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How to write 饿 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 饿

饿 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right
饿=饣food+我I, self

A state of lacking food (饣) where one feels compelled (我) — the sensation of hunger.

4.

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 饿

HSK words that contain this character.

饥饿

jī è

hunger; starvation

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6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 饿 is used in context

tā他
yīn因
wèi为
méi没
qián钱
ér而
āi挨

Information

Pinyinè
Meaninghungry
Strokes10
Radical饣
Traditional餓
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#650
Zhuyinㄜˋ
UnicodeU+997F
CangjieOIHQI
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è饿
。

He suffers from hunger because he has no money.

wǒ我
è饿
le了
，
xiǎng想
chī吃
diǎn点
dōng东
xi西
。

I'm hungry and want to eat something.

zhàn战
zhēng争
qī期
jiān间
hěn很
duō多
rén人
è饿
sǐ死
le了
。

Many people starved to death during the war.

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