贫 Strokes Write it Listen 贫 pín poor, needy, impoverished; lacking HSK 6 8 strokes Radical 贝 Ideograph 3 words Built from分fēnto divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity贝bèisea shell; money, currency How it worksMoney 贝 that must be split 分; 分 also provides the pronunciation.