The kanji 貧: meaning, readings and stroke order

貧

Meaning: poor
On reading: ヒン hin、ビン bin
Kun reading: まず（しい） mazushii
Strokes: 11
Radical: 貝 shell
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nghèo (bần)
Japanese: まずしい。たりない。
Korean: 가난하다 (빈)
Chinese: 贫穷 (贫)

Readings, words and example sentences

ヒン hin · on reading

貧ひん血けつ
anemia
立ちくらみは 貧ひん血けつかもしれません。
Feeling dizzy when you stand up might be anemia.

ビン bin · on reading · less common

貧びん乏ぼう
poor, being poor
その話の主人公は 貧びん乏ぼうな少年です。
The main character of that story is a poor boy.

まず（しい） mazushii · kun reading

貧まずしい
poor
むかしは 貧まずしい 村でした。
Long ago, it was a poor village.

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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.