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KanjiN1Secondary school · 中学4 strokesRadical 丿

乏 · destitution, scarce

乏 is a kanji meaning destitution, scarce, limited. It has 4 strokes and is on the JLPT N1 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ボウbō

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • とぼしいtoboshii
  • ともしいtomoshii

Practise the N1 kanji

In 第14巻 JLPT N1, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 乏 · 4 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 乏
WordReadingMeaningLevel
欠乏けつぼうshortageN1
乏しいとぼしいmeager, scarce, hard up, poorN1
窮乏きゅうぼうpovertyN1
貧乏びんぼうpoverty, destitute, poorN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Stroke order

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4 strokes
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