poverty

(understand / divide / minute) + (shellfish/money)
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11 strokes

Onyomi

BIN

He's BEEN poor so long, he'll borrow some Kool-aid from you and then come back to borrow water.

Mnemonic

If you consider that one of the meanings of 分 is 'part', then you can say:
They're so poor, they only got part of a dollar.

Kunyomi

まず*しい scanty, skimpy, meager.Mostly used about amounts of money.
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Jukugo

貧乏(びんぼう)

poor ★★★★☆
(poverty) + (shoddy) = 貧乏 (poor)

a broke motherfucker (can be used as a noun or adjective)

Synonyms

scanty, meager
乏しい    貧しい    少ない