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乏 = ノ + 之

乏 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “destitution”. It is built from ノ (katakana no) and 之 (of). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1300.

Keyword
destitution
RTK frame
1300
Strokes
4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ボウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
とぼ.しい, とも.しい
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
нищета
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
乏 lack

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. ノ katakana no
  2. 之 of

How to find 乏 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “katakana no” + “of”. 乏 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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