貧
貧 — Poverty
poverty, poor
On’yomiヒン (hin)
On’yomiビン (bin)
Kun’yomiまずしい (mazushii)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 貧
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 貧困 | ひんこん hinkon | poverty; penury; need |
| 貧富 | ひんぷ hinpu | wealth and poverty; rich and poor |
| 貧しい | まずしい mazushii | poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise) |
| 貧乏 | びんぼう binbou | poverty-stricken; destitute; poor |
| 清貧 | せいひん seihin | poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest |
| 貧血 | ひんけつ hinketsu | anemia; anaemia |
Study notes
貧 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1211 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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