Question

乏 とぼ.しい、とも.しい 貧乏(びんぼう): poverty; destitute; poor欠乏(けつぼう): want; shortage; famine乏しい(とぼしい): meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor窮乏(きゅうぼう): poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury S 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4)之: of; this 丿 1 (none) destitution Just one drop (of alcohol) and he starts walking in zig-zags – no wonder Zorro´s living in destitution. (Note: As a primitive let 之 be Zorro or Zig-Zag: it´s pictographic).

Accepted Answer

ボウ destitution, scarce, limited 1 1646 4 4 の・のかんむり・はらいぼう 象形 Pictographic Children in complete destitution have no hope of ever getting toys to play with, so when they find even a tiny drop of a building block they are overjoyed.

Kanji	乏
Onyomi	ボウ
Kunyomi	とぼ.しい、とも.しい
English	destitution, scarce, limited
Examples	貧乏(びんぼう): poverty; destitute; poor 欠乏(けつぼう): want; shortage; famine 乏しい(とぼしい): meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor 窮乏(きゅうぼう): poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1646
Components	丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 之: of; this
Number of Strokes	4
Kanji Radical	丿
Radical Number	4
Radical Strokes	1
Radical Reading	の・のかんむり・はらいぼう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	destitution
Koohii Story 1	Children in complete destitution have no hope of ever getting toys to play with, so when they find even a tiny drop of a building block they are overjoyed.
Koohii Story 2	Just one drop (of alcohol) and he starts walking in zig-zags – no wonder Zorro´s living in destitution. (Note: As a primitive let 之 be Zorro or Zig-Zag: it´s pictographic).

Poverty Destitute Poor Destitution Drop 乏 ボウ とぼ.しい、とも.しい

Poverty Destitute Poor Destitution Drop 乏ボウとぼ.しい、とも.しい