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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N3

1211 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: poverty, poor

Kunyomi: まず.しい

Onyomi: ヒン, ビン

Composition: 分 貝

貧

Radical

Radical: 貝

Reading: かい

Meaning: shell

Strokes: 7

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Examples

Examples with audio

貧血(ひんけつ)   anemia

貧困(ひんこん)   poverty

貧富(ひんぷ)   rich and poor

貧弱な(ひんじゃくな)   meagre, insubstantial

貧乏な(びんぼうな)   poor

貧相な(ひんそうな)   seedy-looking

貧乏人(びんぼうにん)   the poor

貧しい(まずしい)   poor

Onyomi Examples

貧 (ヒン) poverty, penury, want, need, insufficiency, shortage, deficiency

貧血 (ヒンケツ) anemia, anaemia

清貧 (セイヒン) honourable poverty, honorable poverty

極貧 (ゴクヒン) destitution

貧乏 (ビンボウ) poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious

貧乏人 (ビンボウニン) poor person, the poor

Kunyomi Examples

貧しい (まずしい) poor, needy, lacking (quantity and quality-wise), poor, scanty, skimpy, slight, inadequate

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