The kanji 乏: meaning, readings and stroke order

乏

Meaning: scarce, poor
On reading: ボウ bou
Kun reading: とぼ（しい） toboshii
Strokes: 4
Radical: 丿 slash
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thiếu, nghèo (phạp)
Japanese: とぼしい。たりない。
Korean: 모자라다, 가난하다 (핍)
Chinese: 缺乏、贫乏

Readings, words and example sentences

ボウ bou · on reading · less common

貧びん乏ぼう
poor, poverty
貧びん乏ぼうな少年の物語です。
This is a story about a poor boy.

とぼ（しい） toboshii · kun reading · less common

乏とぼしい
scarce, lacking
水が 乏とぼしい 土地です。
This is land where water is scarce.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.