乏
scarce; destitution; limited
4 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1646.
Readings
- ボウ (on reading): 貧乏 (びんぼう) poverty-stricken; 貧乏人 (びんぼうにん) poor person
- とぼしい (kun reading): 乏しい (とぼしい) meagre; 乏しき (とぼしき) poverty
- ともしい (kun reading)
Components
- 丿
- 之
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- 丶 radical dot
- 乙 radical second; fishhook
- 亠 radical lid
- 廴 radical long stride
Kanji containing 乏
Words using 乏
- 貧乏 (びんぼう) poverty-stricken
- 貧乏人 (びんぼうにん) poor person
- 欠乏 (けつぼう) deficiency
- 窮乏 (きゅうぼう) poverty
- 貧乏性 (びんぼうしょう) parsimonious spirit
- 乏しい (とぼしい) meagre
- 乏しき (とぼしき) poverty
- 乏しくなる (とぼしくなる) to get scarce
46 words in all.