貧

poor / inadequate / deficient / garrulous

贫 = 分 + 贝 : Pocahontas (pi) has the crab (贝) cut her hair while stopping the time with a stopwatch (分) in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). While the crab cuts quite fast, the resulting hairstyle is of very poor (贫) quality.

貧 character breakdown

貧
- 分
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 刀
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
- 貝
  - 八
    - 丿
    - ㇏
  - 目
    - 二
      - 一
    - 囗

分

fe̅n = f + (e)n1

to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

分 = 八 + 刀 : Symbol for this character: A stopwatch (from the meaning "minute"). Frankenstein's monster participates in the annual championship of chopping eightballs in front of the encampment. Using a cleaver, he chops as many eightballs as he can in one minute.

分

fèn = f + (e)n4

part / share / ingredient / component

贝

貝

bèi = b + ei4

cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

贝 = ⺆ + 人 : Mnemonic symbol: a crab. In the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4), the Neanderthal man (人) and Beelzebub (b) are fighting a crab with staplers (⺆), but because the Neanderthal man (人) can't handle the stapler he accidentally staples himself in the forehead.

Characters with 貧 as component

貧 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 貧

赤

chì

贫

貧

pín

poverty-stricken

贫

貧

pín

贱

賤

jiàn

poor and lowly

贫

貧

pín

农

農

nóng

poor peasant

贫

貧

pín

道

dào

poor Taoist

贫

貧

pín

铀

鈾

yóu

depleted uranium (D-38)

贫

貧

pín

限

xiàn

想

xiǎng

(Internet slang) (wryly jocular) poverty limits my power of imagination / (fig.) flabbergasted by the antics of the wealthy / the rich live in another world / (abbr. for 貧窮限制了我的想象力|贫穷限制了我的想象力[pin2 qiong2 xian4 zhi4 le5 wo3 de5 xiang3 xiang4 li4])

贫

貧

pín

雇

gù

农

農

nóng

poor peasants (in Marxism)

赤

chì

贫