# 貧 poverty

分 (understand / divide / minute) + 貝 (shellfish/money)
★★★☆☆
11 strokes

## Onyomi

BIN | He's BEEN poor so long, he'll borrow some Kool-aid from you and then come back to borrow water.

## Mnemonic

| If you consider that one of the meanings of 分 is 'part', then you can say: They're so poor, they only got part of a dollar.

## Kunyomi

まず＊しい | scanty, skimpy, meager.Mostly used about　amounts of money. ★★★☆☆

## 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