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bou

destitution, scarce, limited

Components - Individual components of the kanji.
Bushu - Kanji that share the same bushu number.
Jouyou - Same Jouyou grade.
Skip - Same skip codes.
Example - Example sentences.
Usage - Words that use this kanji.
Drawing - How to draw this kanji.
References - References numbers found in an assortment of reference books.

TRANSLATIONS

English	destitution scarce limited
Romaji	bou
Korean	pib
Mandarin	fa2
Reading	XDR2270 ボウとぼ.しいとも.しい	XDR2270 bou tobo.shii tomo.shii
Nanori (name)	-	-
Radical name	-	-

DETAILS

Kanji	乏
Radical	no
Radical Number	-
Bushu Number	4
Classical Radical #	-
Frequency of use	1646
Jouyou grade level	8
Stroke count	3
Hex ID	4B33
Unicode ID	4e4f
Four corner code	2030.7
Skip code	2-1-3
Nelson index	-
JIS 0208 code	-
JIS 0212 code	-

COMPONENTS

Strokes	Radical	Rad. #	Romaji	English
1	丶	3	chu	dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
1	ノ	0	no
1	乙	5	otsu	the latter, duplicate, strange, witty
2	亠	8	tou	kettle lid

SAME BUSHU NUMBER 4

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	夷	ebisu	barbarian, savage, Ainu
2	尉	i	military officer, jailer, old man, rank
3	井	i	well, well crib, town, community
4	胤	tane	descendent, issue, offspring
5	烏	karasu	crow, raven

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SAME JOUYOU GRADE 8

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	亜	a	Asia, rank next, come after, -ous
2	哀	ai	pathetic, grief, sorrow, pathos, pity, sympathize
3	握	aku	grip, hold, mould sushi, bribe
4	扱	kyuu	handle, entertain, thresh, strip
5	依	i	reliant, depend on, consequently, therefore, due to

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SAME SKIP CODE 2-1-3

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	云	un	say
2	元	moto	beginning, former time, origin
3	戸	ko	door, counter for houses
4	乏	bou	destitution, scarce, limited

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Note: Entries from the Tanaka Corpus (Examples) should be taken as extremely loose examples only, not definitive, please read http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/tanakacorpus.html for more information.

#	Kanji	English
1	この国は天然資源が乏しい。 kono kuni ha tennen shigen ga toboshi i .	This county is poor in natural resources.

2	当時貧乏は彼らにとって無縁なものと思われていた。 touji binbou ha karera nitotte muen namonoto omowa reteita .	Poverty seemed to have nothing to do with them in those days.

3	貧乏のため彼は学校に通えなかった。 binbou notame kareha gakkou ni kayoe nakatta .	Poverty prevented him from attending school.

4	願っただけで望みがかなうなら貧乏人も金持ちになれようが。 negatta dakede nozomi gakanaunara binbounin mo kanemochi ninareyouga .	If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.

5	彼女は貧乏な家族に食べ物を与えた。 kanojo ha binbou na kazoku ni tabemono wo atae ta .	She gave some food to the poor family.

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WORD USAGE

#	Dict	Kanji	Hira/Kata	English
1	Japanese	学者貧乏 gakusha binbou	がくしゃびんぼう gakushabinbou	(exp) good scholars are seldom rich

2	Japanese	器用貧乏 kiyoubinbou	きようびんぼう kiyoubinbou	(adj-na,n) Jack of all trades and master of none

3	Japanese	窮乏 kyuubou	きゅうぼう kyuubou	(n,vs) poverty (P)

4	Japanese	金が乏しい kin ga toboshi i	かねがとぼしい kanegatoboshii	(exp) be short of money

5	Japanese	空乏層 sora bou sou	くうぼうそう kuubousou	(n) depletion layer (of transistor)

6	DDB	不令乏短 fu rei bou tan	ふりょうぼうたん furyouboutan	does not make others experience lack, deficiency, etc.

7	DDB	乏 bou	ぼう bou	lacking

8	DDB	乏少 bou shou	ぼうしょう boushou	lacks, is wanting

9	DDB	乏短 bou tan	ぼうたん boutan	lacks, is wanting, is deficient

10	DDB	乏道 bou michi	ぼうどう boudou	mendicant

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DRAWING

Note There is a problem with the stroke order in some of these kanji, I'm aware of it but have no time to fix it, like all online information it should be taken with a (large) grain of salt. To be clear: the problem is in the image drawing program not the Taka database.

The green dot is the starting point!
Name above the completed radical is the reading
Name below the completed radical is the radical name
If you find an error, please email kanji at mahou.org

The stroke order information has been borrowed from the Taka Kanji Database

REFERENCES

1933	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
150	Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary
46	The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary
-	Japanese For Busy People vols I-III
-	The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power
23	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
-	A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" 3rd ed.
860	Kanji in Context
1228	Kanji Learners Dictionary
932	Essential Kanji
2070	2001 Kanji" (Bojinsha)
-	A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese
-	Tuttle Kanji Cards
0a3.11	The Kanji Dictionary
754	Kanji & Kana book" 2nd ed.
133, 1.0347	Morohashi Daikanwajiten (index number, volume.page)
1805	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters
1587	Gakken Kanji Dictionary
1215	Remembering The Kanji
-	Japanese Names

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© The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University (Japanese)
© The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University (Kanji)

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