買
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning (Japanese)
- かう。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Origin of the character
形声。「貝（財貨）」+音符「网」。「かう」を意味する漢語｛買｝や、「うる」を意味する漢語｛賣｝を表す字。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
buy
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- バイElem.
- Kun (native)
- か(う)Elem.
- Other languages
- 拼音mai3
- 한글mae
- Hán-ViệtMãi
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 12 strokes
- Radical
- 貝(かい)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 4
- Unicode
U+8CB7
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱罒貝
Words using this kanji
- 買収ばいしゅう買い取ること。 株式の買取などによって一方の企業が他方の企業を支配すること。 人に不正に金品などを与え自分の味方につけること。acquisition (esp. corporate), buy-out, takeover, purchase
- 買いかいbuying, shopping, buyer, purchase
- 買い物かいものshopping, purchased goods
- 買取かいとりかいとりを参照。purchase, buying, buying out, buying used articles as a company
- 買うかうto buy, to purchase, to value (highly), to think highly of
- 買い占めかいしめbuying up of goods, cornering (market)
- 買い付けかいつけbuying (in large quantities), (wholesale) purchase, buying in, (one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.)
- 買い手かいて「かいて」の漢字表記。buyer
- 買い上げかいあげbuying, purchasing, procurement
- 買い入れかいいれbuying, purchasing, laying in
- 買い戻しかいもどしrepurchase, redemption
- 買い占めるかいしめるto buy up
- 買い控えかいびかえrestrained buying
- 買い出しかいだしgoing out to shop, going shopping, buying in quantity, buying wholesale
- 買い入れるかいいれるto purchase, to buy in
- 買い得かいどく他に比べ割安でそれを買うことで得をすること。bargain, good buy
- 買い戻すかいもどすto buy back, to redeem
- 買い支えかいささえbuying support
- 買い取るかいとる「かいとる」の漢字表記。to buy, to purchase, to buy out
- 買い手市場かいてしじょうa buyer's market
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
2-5-7- Four Corner
6080.6- Spahn–Hadamitzky
5g7.2- Heisig
- 894
- Nelson
- 3637