乏

destitution, scarce, limited

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:N1

Frequency:1646

Vocabulary

ボウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

pelt, skin, hide, leather, skin radical (no. 107)

branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)

one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)

long time, old story

courts, imperial court, government office

guy, slave, manservant, fellow

crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

life, genuine, birth