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貧 means 'poor'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 1223   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-21    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 34    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 62 words   Used in 87 words   Used in 6 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
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   ヒン   ビン
Kun
   まずしい poor
⿱   divide   shellfish  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 貧 is used 4 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 貧 is used 86 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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ヒン : 63 words FIND ALL
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1. poor; needy
2. lacking; meagre; meager
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ビン : 19 words FIND ALL
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poverty; destitute; poor
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ヒン (read as ぴん) : 1 word FIND ALL
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penniless; dire poverty; pauper  (often written with kana only)
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まずしい : 3 words FIND ALL
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1. poor; needy
2. lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
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An additional 1 less common words include 貧 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 798 (originally: 777)  Joy o' Kanji : 777  Key to Kanji: 908 

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ヒン   ビン   まずしい poor   
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ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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トウ   かたな sword   
katakana 'ha'; eight
かい shellfish   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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