Historical Evolution
貧
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
貧
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
貧
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
貧
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
貧
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
貧
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
貧
Regular
Modern
Chinese
贫 / 貧 [pín]
poor; inadequate; deficient; garrulous
Japanese
noun
- poverty; penury; want; need
- insufficiency; shortage; deficiency
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
貧 はなわ
Hanawa unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (72)
贫困 [pínkùn] #9,226
impoverished
贫穷 [pínqióng] #7,760
poor
贫血 [pínxuè] #12,474
anemia
贫民窟 [pínmínkū] #10,258
slum housing
贫民区 [pínmínqū] #10,996
slum area
扶贫 [fúpín] #6,319
assistance to the poor
贫下中农 [pínxiàzhōngnóng] #9,055
(category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
贫民 [pínmín] #18,076
poor people
贫富 [pínfù] #31,961
poor and rich
一贫如洗 [yīpínrúxǐ] #23,627
penniless
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JAPANESE WORDS (106)
⭐ 貧乏 [びんぼう] #6,113
poverty-stricken
⭐ 貧しい [まずしい] #6,350
poor
⭐ 貧弱 [ひんじゃく] #12,632
poor
⭐ 貧血 [ひんけつ] #14,805
anemia
⭐ 貧相 [ひんそう] #15,460
poor-looking
⭐ 貧困 [ひんこん] #17,402
poverty
⭐ 貧乏人 [びんぼうにん] #18,939
poor person
貧乳 [ひんにゅう] #24,157
tiny breasts
貧民 [ひんみん] #27,282
poor people
ジリ貧 [ジリひん] #30,793
gradually becoming poor
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KOREAN WORDS (12)
빈민가 #39,026
poor community; slum
빈혈 #41,040
anemia
극빈
extreme poverty
극빈층
destitute class; poorest people
빈곤
poverty
빈곤층
poor population; the poor; people in poverty; the needy
빈농
poor farmer; poor farm family
빈민
poor people; the poor; the needy
빈부
rich and poor; wealth and poverty
빈약
poorness; scantiness
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