Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
poverty, poor
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
1211 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 貧 【ヒン】 poverty, penury, want, need, insufficiency, shortage, deficiency
  • 貧血 【ヒンケツ】 anemia, anaemia
  • 清貧 【セイヒン】 honourable poverty, honorable poverty
  • 極貧 【ゴクヒン】 destitution
  • 貧乏 【ビンボウ】 poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious
  • 貧乏人 【ビンボウニン】 poor person, the poor

Kun reading compounds

  • 貧しい 【まずしい】 poor, needy, lacking (quantity and quality-wise), poor, scanty, skimpy, slight, inadequate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pin2
Korean:
bin

Spanish

  • pobreza
  • pobre
  • escaso

Portuguese

  • pobreza
  • pobre

French

  • pauvre
  • pauvreté
705 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
798 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
777 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1282 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
600 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
836 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
920 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1498 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
753 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
766 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
859 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1727 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2631 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1344 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
789 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36677 Morohashi
2123 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5782 New Nelson (John Haig)
782 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
845 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
745 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2061 2001 Kanji
2o9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-9 SKIP code
2-4-7 SKIP code
8080.6 Four corner code
1-41-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ca7 Unicode hex code

4 strokes (also 3)
Radical:
slash 丿
Parts:
Variants:
destitution, scarce, limited
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1646 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 乏精子症 【ボウセイシショウ】 oligozoospermia, oligospermia
  • 乏尿 【ボウニョウ】 oliguria
  • 耐乏 【タイボウ】 austerity, voluntary privation
  • 困苦窮乏 【コンクキュウボウ】 hardships and privations

Kun reading compounds

  • 乏しい 【とぼしい】 meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
  • 乏しい 【とぼしい】 meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa2
Korean:
pib

Spanish

  • escaso
  • limitado
  • pobre
  • insuficiente

Portuguese

  • privação
  • escasso
  • limitado

French

  • insuffisant
  • limité
  • indigent
1805 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1587 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
150 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
932 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1029 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
754 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
767 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
860 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
23 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2432 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1228 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1693 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1223 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
133 Morohashi
1933 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
46 New Nelson (John Haig)
1215 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1300 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1017 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2070 2001 Kanji
0a3.11 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-4 SKIP code
2-1-3 SKIP code
2-2-2 SKIP code
4-5-4 SKIP code
4-3-4 SKIP code
2-2-1 SKIP code
2-1-2 SKIP code
2030.7 Four corner code
1-43-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e4f Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
swing, shake, sway, rock, tremble, vibrate
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1079 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 揺曳 【ヨウエイ】 flutter, linger
  • 揺蕩 【ヨウトウ】 shaking, swaying

Kun reading compounds

  • 揺れる 【ゆれる】 to shake, to sway, to rock, to swing, to tremble, to jolt, to pitch, to roll, to flicker, to become unstable, to become unsettled, to be shaken, to waver
  • 揺る 【ゆる】 to shake, to jolt, to rock (cradle), to swing
  • 揺るがす 【ゆるがす】 to shake, to swing, to sway, to shock
  • 揺らぐ 【ゆらぐ】 to swing, to sway, to shake, to tremble, to waver, to feel shaken, to become unstable
  • 揺るぐ 【ゆるぐ】 to shake, to waver, to tremble
  • 揺する 【ゆする】 to shake, to jolt, to rock (cradle), to swing, to blackmail, to extort, to shake down
  • 揺さぶる 【ゆさぶる】 to shake, to jolt, to rock, to swing, to sway, to shake (e.g. the political world), to disturb, to shock, to upset, to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
  • 揺すぶる 【ゆすぶる】 to shake, to jolt, to rock, to swing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yao2
Korean:
yo

Spanish

  • cimbreo
  • temblor
  • estremecimiento
  • oscilación
  • balanceo
  • cimbrar
  • temblar
  • estremecerse
  • oscilar
  • mecerse
  • balancearse

Portuguese

  • balançar
  • agitar
  • oscilação
  • sacudir
  • tremer
  • vibrar

French

  • balancer
  • secouer
  • osciller
  • trembler
  • vibrer
1877 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1604 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1965 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1437 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1373 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1648 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1761 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1789 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
918 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
723 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
434 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
543 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1986 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12445P Morohashi
594 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2235 New Nelson (John Haig)
1967 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2118 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1543 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1376 2001 Kanji
3c9.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
5207.2 Four corner code
1-45-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
63fa Unicode hex code