Chinese symbol for “poverty”
贫困
pín kùn
Traditional: 貧困
impoverished; poverty
The closest CC-CEDICT match for poverty is 贫困 (pín kùn), defined as: impoverished; poverty.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贫困.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贫穷 (貧窮) | pín qióng | poor; impoverished |
| 扶贫 (扶貧) | fú pín | assistance to the poor; poverty alleviation |
| 贫民 (貧民) | pín mín | poor people |
| 脱贫 (脫貧) | tuō pín | to lift oneself out of poverty |
| 贫乏 (貧乏) | pín fá | impoverished; lacking |
| 困难 (困難) | kùn nan | difficult; challenging |
| 困境 | kùn jìng | predicament; plight |
| 困扰 (困擾) | kùn rǎo | to perplex; to disturb |
See also: Japanese symbol for “poverty”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.