乏
destitution, limited, scarce

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ボウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

とぼ.しいとも.しい

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:8
Strokes:4
JLPT:1
Frequency:1646

Vocabulary

ボウ

WordReadingMeaning
欠乏ケツボウdeficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity
貧乏ビンボウpoverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
貧乏人ビンボウニンpoor person; the poor
窮乏キュウボウpoverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
耐乏タイボウausterity; voluntary privation

Other

WordReadingMeaning
貧乏ビンボーpoverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
乏しいとぼしいmeagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor
乏しいともしいmeagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor
貧乏所帯びんぼうじょたいpoor household
貧乏神びんぼうがみgod of poverty

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

皮
hide, leather, pelt, skin, skin radical (no. 107)
Grade 3JLPT 2
支
branch, branch radical (no. 65), support, sustain
Grade 5JLPT 3
夕
evening
Grade 1JLPT 4
片
leaf, one-sided, right-side kata radical (no. 91), sheet
Grade 6JLPT 2
芝
lawn, turf
Grade 8JLPT 1
久
long time, old story
Grade 5JLPT 2
廷
courts, government office, imperial court
Grade 8JLPT 1
奴
fellow, guy, manservant, slave
Grade 8JLPT 1
込
(kokuji), crowded, in bulk, included, mixture
Grade 8JLPT 3
生
birth, genuine, life
Grade 1JLPT 5