贫

貧
pín
#1,357 most
frequent character
poor, inadequate, deficient

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

贫 combines 贝 shell/money as the meaning part with 分 fēn, a sound part only loosely similar. It first meant poor or impoverished, then grew to inadequate or deficient.

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Homophones

频pín
frequency, frequently, repetitious

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