(bound form) hungry; starving / (bound form) dispirited / (literary) (of fish) putrid

馁 character breakdown

suitable / adequate / ready / settled

= + : Mnemonic symbol: someone having Tourette's syndrome (妥 tuo3 瑞 rui4 症 zheng4).

Tommy Turtle (tu) got Tourette's syndrome (妥) and yells at Bessie Coleman (女) that she should shave to be adequate (妥). Bessie quietly complies, pulls out an electric razor (爫) and starts to shave.
"to eat" or "food" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 184)

Mnemonic symbol: a Chinese cruller.

Sherlock Holmes is eating a Chinese cruller in the space station's entrance. The crane flew by and gave it to him.

Characters with 馁 as component

馁 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 馁

to be discouraged
no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat
to lose confidence; to be disheartened

Sentences with 馁

馁 currently does not appear in any sentence.