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貧

Poor
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingヒン、ビン
Kun readingまず.しい
JōyōGrade 5Level 30
  1. poverty
  2. penury
  3. want
  4. need
  5. insufficiency

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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part · eight (八) · sword (刀) · dagger (刀) · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 845

Compound words

清貧せいひん
poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest
貧血ひんけつ
anemia; anaemia
貧困ひんこん
poverty; penury; need; destitution; shortage
貧弱ひんじゃく
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty
貧相ひんそう
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
貧富ひんぷ
wealth and poverty; rich and poor
貧乏びんぼう
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
貧しいまずしい
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
貧乏人びんぼうにん
poor person; the poor
救貧きゅうひん
poor relief
極貧ごくひん
destitution
赤貧せきひん
extreme poverty
貧家ひんか
poor home
貧寒ひんかん
destitution
貧窮ひんきゅう
great poverty
貧賎ひんせん
poor and lowly
貧之びんぼう
poverty-stricken
貧賤ひんせん
poor and lowly
脳貧血のうひんけつ
cerebral anemia
貧乏神びんぼうがみ
god of poverty
貧乏籤びんぼうくじ
short end of the stick
貧民窟ひんみんくつ
slum
器用貧乏きようびんぼう
jack of all trades, master of none
貧乏所帯びんぼうじょたい
poor household

Additional Examples

彼は父親が貧乏であることを恥じている。
He is ashamed of his father being poor.tatoeba
彼は貧民救済に多額のお金を寄付した。
He contributed much money to relieving the poor.tatoeba
彼は貧乏の味を知らない。
He does not know what it is to be poor.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Poor. 分 (divide) + 貝 (money) — money shared out to the last coin. 貧しい — poor.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 貧

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