乏 – destitution, scarce, limited

4 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1646 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 乏 means destitution, scarce, limited. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ボウ (bou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is とぼ.しい、とも.しい (toboshii, tomoshii). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 丿 (no. 4).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ボウ	bou
Kun’yomi	とぼ.しい	toboshii
Kun’yomi	とも.しい	tomoshii

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: 丿 (Kangxi radical 4). Components: ノ・乙・丶・亠・廴.

Words using 乏

欠乏けつぼうdeficiency窮乏きゅうぼうpoverty貧乏びんぼうpoverty-stricken乏しいとぼしいmeagre

Example sentences

知識は欠乏しており、知恵はさらに乏しい。

Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.

Tatoeba #127046

飢饉が人々にひどい窮乏をもたらした。

Famine caused great distress among the people.

Tatoeba #182955

その頃、私は非常に貧乏だった。

I was very poor in those days.

Tatoeba #210559

Kanji with the same radical

乗久乃

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