馁
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(bound form) hungry; starving; (bound form) dispirited; (literary) (of fish) putrid
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 食 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 餒
- Common rank
- #4,456
- Unicode
- U+9981
Formation & memory
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Words with 馁
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胜不骄，败不馁 | no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat | |
| 自馁 | to lose confidence; to be disheartened | |
| 气馁 | to be discouraged |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 妥 — compare how they read.