Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “貧困層”

貧困層

ひんこんそう

underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor

Example sentence

Medicaid, a program originally created to provide medical care for poverty-level women and children, today spends almost a third of its budget on elderly people.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

貧
On
ひん;びん
Kun
まず.しい
Stroke count
11

・poverty

・poor

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困
On
こん
Kun
こま.る
Stroke count
7

・quandary

・become distressed

・annoyed

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層
On
そう
Kun
—
Stroke count
14

・stratum

・social class

・layer

・story

・floor

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