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乏 means 'poor'

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Strokes : 4    Frequency: 1696   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-29    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 5 words   Used in 37 words   Used in 4 names   Component in 7 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ボウ
Kun
   とぼしい poor, scanty
Additional readings
Kun    ともしい
Components
⿱  ノ (乃) katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from  之 of  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 乏 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 乏 is used 36 times, read 2 ways.
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ボウ : 33 words FIND ALL
び ん ぼ う 1
poverty; destitute; poor
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とぼしい : 3 words FIND ALL
と ぼ し い 3
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor
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Henshall: 1805  Joy o' Kanji : 1805  Key to Kanji: - 

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乏
ボウ   とぼしい poor, scanty   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
之
シン   これ    の of   
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