Memory phrase for the Kanji: 餓

餓

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Meaning starve, being hungry

Pronunciation

GA
ueru

Explanation

Left: food 食 (cover on good 良 food), right: I/myself 我 (with my hand 手 at the halberd 戈: That's me!)

Mnemonic
 
Food for myself, I am starving.

Radicals

食 to eatshows a cover and good 良 (It might be helpful to see the lower two strokes as chopsticks.)
我 I, myself
扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌, 手, ヨ
戈 halberd, spear, lanceThis radical kanohoko stands for halberd and is rather similar to the sabre shikigamae 弋 Other radicals with weapons are: 矛 殳 斤
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