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Kanji Detail for 買 - "to buy"

買

  • Meaning

    買 means "to buy." Also associated with to value, appreciate.

    1. To buy - To purchase; to pay money for goods.

    2. To value - To recognize worth; to appreciate highly.

  • Words using 買

    • 売買 ばいばい Listen trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs)
    • 買収 ばいしゅう Listen acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover
    • 買い かい Listen buying; shopping; buyer
    • 買い物 かいもの Listen shopping; purchased goods
    • 買う かう Listen to buy; to purchase; to value (highly)
    • 買取 かいとり Listen purchase; buying; buying out
    • 買い占め かいしめ Listen buying up of goods; cornering (market)
    • 買い付け かいつけ Listen buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in

  • Tattoo check: 買

    • Verified meaning: to buy
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かい, たかがい)
    • Also carries these associations: to value, appreciate

    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.

  • Name readings of 買

    Surnames 買(かい)Listen 買(たかがい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    buy

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    buy, purchase; bribe, persuade

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to buy; to purchase

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to buy, to purchase; to bribe, to persuade

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

    To exchange money for goods. Putting out goods is called 賣 (sell). Taking in goods is called 買 (buy).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bai(バイ) バイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ka.u(か-う) か-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    貝 (kai・kaihen・kogai)

  • Related Keywords

    to buy to value appreciate purchase acquire obtain procure invest pay commerce trade bargain shop market transaction exchange

Sentences including 買

  • You should buy an answering machine.

  • I lost the camera i had bought the day before.

  • It was mary that bought this skirt yesterday.

  • Every man has his price.

  • She bought a dictionary for her sister.

  • Keep an eye on my bag while i buy a ticket.

  • I bought a red tie.

  • My father couldn't afford a car , when he was young.

  • I have no money to buy the dictionary with.

  • I bought this book yesterday.

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