A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N3 · 11 strokes

Poverty ; Poor

Readings on: ヒン・ビン
Kun readings: まず.しい

貧しいまずしい — Poor

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 貧血ひんけつ — anaemia Source
• 貧弱ひんじゃく — lean; poor Source
• 貧相ひんそう — gringalet; minable Source
• 貧乏びんぼう — poverty; poverty; poverty Source
• 貧困ひんこん — (in need); poverty Source
• 清貧せいひん — Honest poverty, integrity, pride Source