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Kanji Detail for 貧 - "poor, poverty"

貧

  • Meaning

    貧 means "poor, poverty." Also associated with scarce.

    1. Poor - Lacking wealth; needy.

    2. Poverty - The state of being poor.

    3. Scarce - Insufficient; lacking.

  • Words using 貧

    • 貧困 ひんこん Listen poverty; penury; need
    • 貧富 ひんぷ Listen wealth and poverty; rich and poor
    • 貧しい まずしい Listen poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise)
    • 貧血 ひんけつ Listen anemia; anaemia
    • 清貧 せいひん Listen poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest
    • 貧弱 ひんじゃく Listen poor; meagre; meager
    • 貧乏人 びんぼうにん Listen poor person; the poor

  • Four-character idioms with 貧

    • 器用貧乏 きようびんぼう Listen jack of all trades, master of none
    • 貧富貴賤 ひんぷきせん Listen rich and poor, high and low; people of all ranks
    • 貴賤貧富 きせんひんぷ Listen high and low, and rich and poor

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    • Verified meaning: poor, poverty
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read はなわ)
    • Also carries these associations: scarce
    • Traditionally considered inauspicious in names — Japanese readers may find it an unlucky choice. Check the meanings above carefully before using it on skin.

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 貧

    Surnames 貧(はなわ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    poverty; poor

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    poor, impoverished, needy

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    poor, needy, impoverished; lacking

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The opposite of 富 (rich). Being without wealth is called 貧. Such as 貧士 (poor scholar), 貧民 (poor people), 貧困 (poverty-stricken), 貧賤 (poor and lowly). | All insufficiency is called 貧. Such as in medicine there is 貧血症 (anemia). | A humble self-reference. Such as those outside the secular world calling themselves 貧道 (this poor monk).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bin(ビン) ビン

    hin(ヒン) ヒン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mazu.shii(まず-しい) まず-しい

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    poor poverty scarce inadequate meager impoverished destitute broke deficiency deprived hardship indigent insufficiency needy penniless scarcity underprivileged want

Sentences including 貧

  • He looks as poor as ever.

  • He didn't like being poor.

  • You don't have to beat your way.

  • Even though they were poor , they were happy.

  • He is as poor as can be.

  • She is as poor as ever.

  • He doesn't know what it is to be poor.

  • Don't look down on others because they are poor.

  • He doesn't know what it is to be poor.

  • Poor as he is , he is happy.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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