貧 – poverty, poor

11 strokesTaught in grade 5#1211 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 貧 means poverty, poor. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ヒン、ビン (hin, bin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まず.しい (mazushii). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 貝 (no. 154).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ヒン	hin
On’yomi	ビン	bin
Kun’yomi	まず.しい	mazushii

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 貝 (Kangxi radical 154). Components: 貝・目・刀・ハ.

Words using 貧

貧しいまずしいpoor貧困ひんこんpoverty貧弱ひんじゃくpoor貧乏びんぼうpoverty-stricken

Example sentences

われわれは貧しい人あざ笑ってはいけない。

We must not laugh at the poor.

Tatoeba #191591

人々は貧困に苦しんだ。

People were ground down by poverty.

Tatoeba #144063

私のドイツ語の知識は貧弱です。

My knowledge of German is poor.

Tatoeba #164147

Kanji with the same radical

資費質賞負財買責販貿貨賛購貢賃貴

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.