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買

buy
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingバイ
Kun readingか.う
JLPT level: N4JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. buyRtK
  1. to buy
  2. to purchase
  3. to value (highly)
  4. to think highly of
  5. to have a high opinion of

Popular Usage

買う買い物

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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eye (目) · cross-eyed · net (网) · shellfish · clam · oyster · eye (目) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 894

Compound words

買うかう
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of
買い物かいもの
shopping; purchased goods
買取かいとり
purchase; buying; buying out; buying used articles as a company; trade-in
買物かいもの
shopping; purchased goods
買えるかえる
購買こうばい
procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op
仲買なかがい
brokerage; broker
買収ばいしゅう
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; purchase; bribery
売買ばいばい
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
買いかい
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
購買力こうばいりょく
buying power; purchasing power
買い手かいて
buyer
買い得かいどく
bargain; good buy
青田買いあおたがい
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
買い出しかいだし
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
買い占めかいしめ
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
ドル買いドルかい
dollar purchase
買い入れかいいれ
buying; purchasing; laying in
買い上げかいあげ
buying; purchasing; procurement
買い付けかいつけ
buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in; (one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.); regular
買い控えかいびかえ
restrained buying
買い戻しかいもどし
repurchase; redemption
お買い得おかいどく
bargain; good buy; budget
買い入れるかいいれる
to purchase; to buy in

On Reading Examples

彼は革製品の売買をしている。ばいばい
He buys and sells leather goods.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

私の家は10年前に買ったものですが、まだ新築のように見えます。かう
My house, which I bought ten years ago, still looks new.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は奮発して新車を買った。
He treated himself to a new car.tatoeba
彼は父親に自転車を買ってくれとせがんだ。
He begged his father to buy him a bicycle.tatoeba
彼は父にねだってとうとう新車を買ってもらった。
He finally talked his father into buying a new car.tatoeba
彼は貧しくて、コートが買えなかった。
He's poor, and couldn't buy himself a coat.tatoeba
芹沢は菱屋から買い物をするが代金を払わなかった。
Serizawa shopped at Hishiya's store but he did not make any payments.wiki
頼朝の怒りを買う。
This enraged Yoritomo.wiki
酉の市で縁起物を買う風習は、関東地方特有の年中行事。
The tradition of buying lucky charms in Tori no ichi is an annual event unique to the Kanto region.wiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

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