Hanja Analyzer
貧

貧 — bin

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가난할 빈
Romanization
bin
English
poor, impoverished, needy
Mandarin
pín
Japanese on'yomi
ヒン, ビン
Japanese kun'yomi
まず.しい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#1,211 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Radical
貝 (154, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
分(분)
Unicode
U+8CA7

Parts that make up 貧

  • 分 나눌 분, 세는 단위 푼sound 칼로 갈라 놓은 것나누는 일. ‘분’ 계열의 소리
  • 貝 조개 패 조개껍데기돈과 재물. 옛날에 조개를 돈으로 썼다

How 貧 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 貧 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 分, 貝.

Korean example words with 貧

  • 빈가貧家 Korean gloss: 가난한 집
  • 극빈極貧 Korean gloss: 몹시 가난함
  • 빈국貧國 Korean gloss: 가난한 나라
  • 빈민貧民 Korean gloss: 가난한 백성
  • 빈자貧者 Korean gloss: 가난한 사람
  • 빈궁貧窮 Korean gloss: 가난하고 궁색함
  • 빈농貧農 Korean gloss: 가난한 농가나 농민
  • 빈사貧士 Korean gloss: 살림이 구차한 선비
  • 빈상貧相 Korean gloss: 궁색해 보이는 인상
  • 활빈活貧 Korean gloss: 가난한 사람을 도와줌
  • 빈취貧臭 Korean gloss: 가난이 느껴지는 분위기
  • 빈핍貧乏 Korean gloss: 가난하여 아무것도 없음

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 貧

  • 貧困ひんこん poverty; penury; need
  • 貧富ひんぷ wealth and poverty; rich and poor
  • 貧乏びんぼう poverty-stricken; destitute; poor
  • 貧しいまずしい poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise)
  • 貧血ひんけつ anemia; anaemia
  • 清貧せいひん poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest
  • 貧弱ひんじゃく poor; meagre; meager
  • 貧ひん poverty; penury; want
  • 貧打ひんだ poor hitting
  • 貧者ひんじゃ poor person
  • 貧民ひんみん poor people; the poor
  • 極貧ごくひん destitution

Characters sharing the phonetic 分

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “분” in Korean.

Other hanja read “빈”

Other hanja with radical 貝

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