Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “欠乏”

欠乏

けつぼう

deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity

Example sentence

Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

欠
On
けつ;けん
Kun
か.ける;か.く
Stroke count
4

・lack

・gap

・fail

・yawning radical (no. 76)

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乏
On
ぼう
Kun
とぼ.しい;とも.しい
Stroke count
4

・destitution

・scarce

・limited

1 2 3 4

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欠乏症

けつぼうしょう

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deficiency disease (e.g. protein, vitamin, etc.)