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The character 饿 is a phono-semantic compound. Its semantic radical 饣, derived from the character for food, indicates the meaning relates to eating. The phonetic component 我 provides the pronunciation. The traditional form 餓 uses the full character 食 for its semantic radical before simplification. The character denotes the physical sensation of hunger, from a mild desire to eat to the severe state of starvation, all centering on the absence of food and its effect on the body.
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我现在饿了。
他工作后很饿。
我饿了，想去吃饭。
早上我没吃饭，所以饿了。
饥饿的感觉很难受。
如果你饿了，就应该吃东西。
他非常饿，几乎走不动了。
尽管他已经饿了很长时间，但他还是决定先完成工作。