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乏 U+4E4F, 乏
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E4F
← 乎
[U+4E4E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 乐 →
[U+4E50]

Translingual

Stroke order
Mainland China, Japan
Thumb
(Hong Kong, Taiwan:
stroke 3 is split into two:
(3A) horizontal rightward and
(3B) diagonal downward.)

Han character

乏 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+4 in traditional Chinese and Korean, 丿+3 in mainland China and Japanese, 5 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 4 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 竹戈弓人 (HINO), four-corner 20307, composition ⿱㇒之)

Derived characters

Additional Derived Characters
  • 𠇖, 𫦧, 𠰏, 𪣇, 𡶉, 𰏖, 𭛦, 𤝑, 𭤱, 𣆅, 𤇮, 𱭚, 𦚖, 𥁔, 𱶀, 𬜆, 𮎊, 𧊉, 𪥻, 𧦟, 𨥧, 𩚮, 𩶟, 𪀐, 𫸿
  • 𣭛, 𬎣, 𬨵, 𬐆, 𩬪, 𫣱, 𢇫

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 82, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 133
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 34, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+4E4F
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 乏 ...
Characters in the same phonetic series (乏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Possibly an ideogram (指事) generated by replacing uppermost stroke of 正 (“straight; right”) with a slanted stroke 丿 — not right; lacking.

According to Shuowen, an ideogram (指事) created from reversing 正 (“straight; right”). This is more evident in the Small Seal Script form.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • ha̍t - vernacular (“lacking; to be moderate”);
  • hoa̍t - literary.
      • (Teochew)
        • Peng'im: huag8 / huêg8 / hêg8 / hag8
        • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hua̍k / hue̍k / he̍k / ha̍k
        • Sinological IPA (key): /huak̚⁴/, /huek̚⁴/, /hek̚⁴/, /hak̚⁴/
    Note:
    • huag8/huêg8 - literary (huêg8 - Chaozhou);
    • hêg8 - vernacular (“tired”);
    • hag8 - vernacular (“to lack”).
    More information Rime, Character ...
    More information Character, Reading # ...
    More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

    Definitions

    乏

    1. to lack
      缺乏  ―  quēfá  ―  to lack; to be short of
    2. poor
      貧乏／贫乏  ―  pínfá  ―  poor
    3. tired
      疲乏  ―  pífá  ―  tired
    4. (Hokkien) lacking; insufficient; inadequate
    5. (Hokkien) to be moderate; to abstain; to check; to restrict oneself (in food, usage, spending, addiction, etc.)
      酒著乏咧啉。 [Hokkien, trad.]
      酒着乏咧啉。 [Hokkien, simp.]
      Chiú tio̍h ha̍t leh lim. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
      Drinking alcohol should be in moderation.

    Synonyms

    Dialectal synonyms of 累 (“tired”) [map]
    More information Variety, Location ...

    Compounds

    References

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    Japanese

    Kanji

    乏

    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. poverty
    2. lack
    3. scarcity

    Readings

    Compounds

    Korean

    Etymology

    From Middle Chinese 乏 (MC bjop).

    Hanja

    乏 (eumhun 모자랄 핍 (mojaral pip))

    1. hanja form? of 핍 (“lack”)

    Compounds

    References

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
    • Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乏
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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    乏: Hán Nôm readings: phạp, phạc

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