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-<WL>贫(F貧) [pín] (贫苦, 贫穷) poor
+<WL>贫(F貧) [pín] poor/impoverished (贫苦, 贫穷)
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-From 分 fēn phonetic and 贝(貝 bèi) ‘money’.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 贫/貧(􁅅) pín ‘poor/impoverished’ combines 贝/貝 (bèi) ‘cowrie/money’, and 分(􀋯) fēn/fèn ‘divide/portion’ (phonosemantic); the rich are prepared (the have brought many resources together), but the poor are unprepared (meager resources are divided among too many); formerly wr. 𡧋(􁅆), with the top like 穴(􁏺𥤢) ‘hole’.
+	Compare: 则/則(􀯟􀯠𠟻) zé ‘divide up (according to value/grade)’.
+	Compare: 负/負(􁄯) fù ‘rely/depend upon’; 赖/賴(􁄮) lài ‘profit from; depend upon’.
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-#c分贝
+#c分贝八刀负
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