貧ひん

noun

poverty; want; need

Refers to the state of being poor, lacking money or material resources. Often used in formal or written contexts.

• 貧ひんにあえぐ人ひと々びとを支し援えんする。

  We support people suffering from poverty.

• 彼かれは貧ひんの中なかで育そだった。

  He grew up in poverty.

noun

insufficiency; shortage; deficiency

Archaic use for a general lack or shortage, not limited to money. Rare in modern Japanese outside of set phrases or classical texts.

• 古こ典てんでは「貧ひん」が物ぶっ資しの不ふ足そくを指さすことがある。

  In classical texts, 貧 can refer to a shortage of goods.