乏

乏 — destitution, scarce, limited

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 4
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1646 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ぼう bou
Kun'yomi: とぼ.しい tobo.shii

とも.しい tomo.shii

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 乏

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