Hungry = 饿 [è]
A boy rests his chin on the table in front of an empty plate, with a bowl, a spoon and a fork set out beside it. Dinner is not ready yet, and he is 饿.
饿 (è) means “hungry.” The left side, 饣, is the food radical, the same one as in 饭 (fàn), meal. The opposite is 饱 (bǎo), full.
People usually say it with 了: 我饿了 (wǒ è le), I’m hungry.
我饿死了！ — Wǒ è sǐ le! — I’m starving!
你饿不饿？ — Nǐ è bu è? — Are you hungry?