乏 destitution, scarce, limited 4 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1646 in newspapers Readings Onボウ Kunとぼ.しい、とも.しい In Chinese 乏 Words written with it 貧乏 びんぼう poverty-stricken N1 乏しい とぼしい meagre N1 欠乏 けつぼう deficiency N1 窮乏 きゅうぼう poverty N1 貧乏人 びんぼうにん poor person 耐乏 たいぼう austerity