貧
poor, poverty

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ヒンビン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

まず.しい

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:5
Strokes:11
JLPT:3
Frequency:1211

Vocabulary

ヒン

WordReadingMeaning
清貧セイヒンpoverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest
貧血ヒンケツanemia; anaemia
貧困ヒンコンpoverty; penury; need; destitution; shortage; lack; want
貧弱ヒンジャクpoor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby; insubstantial
極貧ゴクヒンdestitution

ビン

WordReadingMeaning
貧乏ビンボウpoverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
貧乏人ビンボウニンpoor person; the poor
器用貧乏キヨウビンボウjack of all trades, master of none
貧乏性ビンボウショウparsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save; tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition
大漁貧乏タイリョウビンボウimpoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch

Other

WordReadingMeaning
貧しいまずしいpoor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
貧富ひんぷwealth and poverty; rich and poor
貧乏ビンボーpoverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
貧之びんぼうpoverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
貧者ひんじゃpoor person

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

貿
exchange, trade
Grade 5JLPT 2
頒
disseminate, distribute, partition, understand
Grade 8JLPT 1
順
docility, obey, occasion, order, right, turn
Grade 4JLPT 2
貨
freight, goods, property
Grade 4JLPT 2
偵
spy
Grade 8JLPT 1
負
-, assume a responsibility, bear, defeat, minus, negative, owe
Grade 3JLPT 3
頂
peak, place on the head, receive, summit, top, top of head
Grade 6JLPT 3
頑
firmly, foolish, stubborn
Grade 8JLPT 1
傾
bias, incline, lean, ruin, sink, tilt, trend, wane
Grade 8JLPT 2
煩
annoy, anxiety, ill, irksome, nuisance, pain, trouble, worry
Grade 8JLPT 1