乏 — kanji meaning “destitution”
乏
destitution, scarce, limited
- Meanings
- destitution, scarce, limited
- On'yomi
- ボウ (bou)
- Kun'yomi
- とぼ.しい、とも.しい
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1646 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 4
- Chinese reading
- fá — Chinese character page
Words with 乏
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 貧乏 | びんぼう binbou | poverty-stricken; destitute; poor |
| 乏しい | とぼしい toboshii | meagre; meager; scarce |
| 欠乏 | けつぼう ketsubou | deficiency; insufficiency; shortage |
| 窮乏 | きゅうぼう kyuubou | poverty; destitution; privation |
| 貧乏人 | びんぼうにん binbounin | poor person; the poor |
| 貧乏神 | びんぼうがみ binbougami | god of poverty |
| 欠乏症 | けつぼうしょう ketsuboushou | deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.) |
| 貧乏性 | びんぼうしょう binboushou | parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save |
| 器用貧乏 | きようびんぼう kiyoubinbou | jack of all trades, master of none |
| 貧乏くじ | びんぼうくじ binboukuji | short end of the stick; short straw; unlucky number |
| 耐乏 | たいぼう taibou | austerity; voluntary privation |
| 乏しき | とぼしき toboshiki | poverty |
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