貧困率

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貧	困	率
ひん Grade: 5	こん Grade: 6	りつ Grade: 5
kan'on	on'yomi	kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 貧(ひん)困(こん) (hinkon, “poverty”) + 率(りつ) (-ritsu, “rate”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひんこんりつ [hìńkóꜜǹrìtsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [çĩŋkõ̞n̺ɾʲit͡sɨ]

Noun

貧(ひん)困(こん)率(りつ) • (hinkonritsu) 

1. poverty rate
   • 2015 September 14, Kaori Shoji, “When disaster strikes in Japan, keep calm and carry a diaper”, in The Japan Times‎^[1], retrieved 2023-04-11:

     An even sadder fact: the infamous kodomo no hinkonritsu (こどもの貧困率, child poverty rate) in Japan has hit an all-time high [...]