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飢える
餓える
饑える
rarely-used kanji form
Readings

ueru

katsueru

Reading restricted to 飢える
Reading restricted to 餓える
English
Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
to starve, to be famished, to be hungry

Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
to be starved of (e.g. love), to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge), to be hungry for

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 飢える, 飢えます
[does], will [do]
飢えない, 飢えません
doesn't [do], will not [do]
Past 飢えた, 飢えました
[did]
飢えなかった, 飢えませんでした
didn't [do]
Te-form, Continuative 飢えて, 飢えまして 飢えないで, 飢えませんで 飢えなくて
Kanjis
ON: KUN: う.える
hungry, starve

Stroke: 10 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-8-2 FC: 8771.1


ON: KUN: う.える
starve, hungry, thirst

Stroke: 15 JLPT: N1 SKIP: 1-8-7 FC: 8375.5


ON: KUN: う.える
hunger, thirst

Stroke: 21 SKIP: 1-9-12 FC: 8275.5


Phrases
彼は飢えた者に食を与えた。
Parts: (かれ) 飢える (うえる) (もの) (しょく) 与える (あたえる)
He furnished food to the hungry.