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Kanji Detail for 購 - "to purchase, to buy"

購

  • Meaning

    購 means "to purchase, to buy." Also associated with to reconcile.

    1. Purchase - To buy; to acquire.

    2. Buy - To obtain by payment.

    3. Reconcile - To make peace.

  • Words using 購

    • 購入 こうにゅう Listen purchase; buying
    • 購読 こうどく Listen buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
    • 購買 こうばい Listen procurement; purchase; buying
    • 購買力 こうばいりょく Listen buying power; purchasing power
    • 定期購読 ていきこうどく Listen subscription (e.g. to a magazine)

  • Tattoo check: 購

    • Verified meaning: to purchase, to buy
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: to reconcile

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    subscription; buy

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    buy, purchase; hire

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to buy; to purchase

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to buy, to purchase

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To seek something with money. Today buying goods is also called 購物 (purchase goods).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    to purchase to buy to reconcile acquire bargain commerce consumer deal goods market merchandise obtain payment procure retail sales shopping transaction wholesale

Sentences including 購

  • Will there be anything else?

  • We take a newspaper.

  • This paper has a large circulation.

  • I bought a new television.

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