A somewhat old-fashioned or colloquial term for a miser. Often used in a teasing or derogatory way.
That miser won't spend even one yen.
He's such a stingy person that nobody wants to go out to eat with him.
Standard kanji spelling using 吝 (miserly) and 坊 (boy/suffix for person).
Kana-only spelling, common in casual writing.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; the first part is written in kana.
From しわん (miserly, stingy) + 坊 (boy, suffix for a person). The origin of しわん is uncertain, but it may be related to しわい (stingy) or しわしわ (wrinkled, suggesting a tight-fisted image).