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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 貧 U+8CA7 |  Seal script |  Jianbo | 贫 Simplified character | 𡧋 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 贝+ 4 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.106#8 Kangxi: p.1205#10 Cihai: p.1270r3c01 GSR: 471.v Hanyu: v6,p3628#01 |
| Composition: | Top: 分, bottom: 贝. Compositionally related: 𬥏 . Component of: 𢠈 𪨄 𪷪 𬥣 𨉺 𬥬 𫎤 𬥮 𬥯 𧹅 |
| Mandarin: | pín ㄆㄧㄣˊ |
| Cantonese: | pan4 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *bhyin |
| Shuowen: | 《贝部》贫：财分少也。从贝从分，分亦声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上平声·眞·贫》贫：乏也，少也。符巾切，二。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·贝部·四》贫：〔古文〕𡧋《唐韵》符巾切《集韵》《韵会》皮巾切《正韵》毗賔切，𠀤音频。《说文》财分少也。《尔雅·释言》寠，贫也。《注》谓贫陋。《疏》贫者，无财也。《书·洪范》六极，四曰贫。《传》困于财。《诗·邶风》终寠且贫。《晋语》韩宣子忧贫，叔向贺之。又《韵补》叶频眠切，音騈。《欧阳修·送魏主簿诗》士欲见所守，视其居贱贫。何用慰离居，赠子以短篇。 |
| Fanqie: | 符巾 (《广韵·上平声·眞·贫》) |
| Unihan definition: | poor, impoverished, needy |
Example usage
| 《论语·学而》: | 子贡曰：“贫而无谄，富而无骄，何如？” |
| Zi Gong said, "What do you pronounce concerning the poor man who yet does not flatter, and the rich man who is not proud?" | |
| 《孟子·万章下》: | 孟子曰：“仕非为贫也，而有时乎为贫。” |
| Mencius said, 'Office is not sought on account of poverty, yet there are times when one seeks office on that account.' | |
| 《礼记·缁衣》: | 子曰：“轻绝贫贱，而重绝富贵，则好贤不坚，而恶恶不著也。” |
| The Master said, 'When a man on light grounds breaks off his friendship with the poor and mean, and only on great grounds with the rich and noble, his love of worth cannot be great, nor does his hatred of evil clearly appear.' | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 曰：“勇于义而果于德，不以贫富、贵贱、死生动其心，于勇也，其庶乎！” |
| Yangzi said: He was courageous in yi and determined in de. Poverty and wealth, honor and lowliness, and life and death did not move his xin. In terms of courage, was he not almost perfect? | |
| 《墨子·修身》: | 君子之道也，贫则见廉，富则见义，生则见爱，死则见哀。 |
| The way of the superior man makes the individual incorruptible in poverty and righteous when wealthy; it makes him love the living and mourn the dead. | |
| 《庄子·人间世》: | 颜回曰：“回之家贫，唯不饮酒、不茹荤者数月矣。” |
| Hui said, 'My family is poor. For months together we have no spirituous drink, nor do we taste the proscribed food or any strong-smelling vegetables.' | |
| 《道德经》: | 以此：天下多忌讳，而民弥贫。 |
| By these facts: - In the kingdom the multiplication of prohibitive enactments increases the poverty of the people. | |
| 《商君书·农战》: | 国以十者治，敌至必削，不至必贫。 |
| If a country is governed by means of these ten things, it will be dismembered as soon as an enemy approaches, and even if no enemy approaches, it will be poor. | |
| 《孙子兵法·作战》: | 国之贫于师者远输，远输则百姓贫，近于师者贵卖，贵卖则百姓财竭，财竭则急于丘役，力屈财殚，中原内虚于家，百姓之费，十去其七，公家之费，破车罢马，甲胄矢弩，戟楯蔽橹，丘牛大车，十去其六。 |
| Poverty of the State exchequer causes an army to be maintained by contributions from a distance. Contributing to maintain an army at a distance causes the people to be impoverished. On the other hand, the proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause the people's substance to be drained away. When their substance is drained away, the peasantry will be afflicted by heavy exactions. With this loss of substance and exhaustion of strength, the homes of the people will be stripped bare, and three-tenths of their income will be dissipated; while government expenses for broken chariots, worn-out horses, breast-plates and helmets, bows and arrows, spears and shields, protective mantles, draught-oxen and heavy wagons, will amount to four-tenths of its total revenue. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 仁义礼善之于人也，辟之若货财粟米之于家也，多有之者富，少有之者贫，至无有者穷。 |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 位尊德厚及亲者赙賵含襚厚，贫富亦有差。 |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 孤贫不养，杀圣贤而剖其心，生燔人闻其臭，剔孕妇见其化，朝涉之足察其拇，杀梅伯以为醢，刑鬼侯之女取其环。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 家贫亲老者，不择官而仕。 |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 使之哀鳏寡，养孤独，恤贫穷，诱孝悌，选贤举能。 |
| 《白虎通德论·礼乐》: | 礼者，盛不足节有馀，使丰年不奢，凶年不俭，贫富不相悬也。 |
| 《新书·大政上》: | 故夫为人臣者，以富乐民为功，以贫苦民为罪。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 发钜桥之粟，散鹿台之钱，以赐贫羸。 |
| 《中论·爵禄》: | 孔子曰：‘邦有道，贫且贱焉，耻也。’ |
| 《孔子家语·王言解》: | 则贤者说而不肖者惧，哀鳏寡，养孤独，恤贫穷，诱孝弟，选才能。 |
| 《潜夫论·赞学》: | 君子忧道不忧贫。 |
| 《论衡·命义》: | 命者、贫富贵贱也。 |
| 《太玄经·少》: | 次四，贫贫，或妄之振。 |
| 《风俗通义·虞卿》: | 富而友者，为贫也。 |
| 《孔丛子·论书》: | 虽退而穷，居河济之间、深山之中，作壤室，编蓬户，常于此弹琴瑟以歌先王之道，则可以发愤慷喟，忘己贫贱。 |
| 《素书·遵义章》: | 战士贫游士富者丧。 |
| 《新语·本行》: | 故尊于位而无德者黜，富于财而无义者刑，贱而好德者尊，贫而有义者荣。 |
| 《蔡中郎集》: | 安贫乐潜，味道守真。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 贫者士之常也，死者人之终也，处常得终，当何忧哉？ |
| 《鶡冠子·博选》: | 贵者有知，富者有财，贫者有身。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 大常之道，生物而不有，成化而不宰，万物恃之而生，莫知其德，恃之而死，莫之能怨，收藏畜积而不加富，布施禀受而不益贫。 |
| 《文始真经·三极》: | 关尹子曰：“圣人之于众人，饮食衣服同也，屋室舟车同也，富贵贫贱同也。” |
| 《列仙传·酒客》: | 穷贫，梁市中贾人多以女妻而迎之，或去或来。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 夫富当赈贫，贵当怜贱，而反骄恣，必被祸患也。 |
| 《韩非子·和氏》: | 昔者吴起教楚悼王以楚国之俗曰：“大臣太重，封君太众，若此则上逼主而下虐民，此贫国弱兵之道也。” |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 地有财，不忧人之贫也。 |
| 《管子·轻重丁》: | 桓公曰：“四郊之民贫，商贾之民富。” |
| 《吴子·论将》: | 上富而骄，下贫而怨，可离而间。 |
| 《六韬·上贤》: | 六曰：强宗侵夺、陵侮贫弱者，伤庶人之业。 |
| 《尉缭子·制谈》: | 如此，虽战胜而国益弱，得地而国益贫，由国中之制弊矣。 |
| 《三略·上略》: | 国虚，则民贫：民贫，则上下不亲。 |
| 《孙子算经·序》: | 向之者富有馀，背之者贫且窭。 |
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