# 乏 shoddy

之 (this) + 一 (one/line radical)
★★★☆☆
4 strokes

## Onyomi

BOU | Your BOWLing is hella shoddy, Dude.

## Mnemonic

| Let's say that the extra line here is a cane. So now we can say . .. Her Russian dancing is so shoddy she has to use a cane.

## Kunyomi

とぼ*しい | meager or scarce RESOURCES: forests, natural gas. Opportunities are scarce. Someone's experience or knowledge of a subject is scanty. Also can mean 'shoddy' 1/2 KANA ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

貧乏(びんぼう) な | poor ★★★★☆ 貧 (poverty) + 乏 (shoddy) = 貧乏 (poor) a broke motherfucker (can be used as a noun or adjective)

## Synonyms

scanty, meager 乏しい 貧しい 少ない