Kanji 買: "buy"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 買

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 買かうto buy; to purchase · to value (highly); to think highly of; to have a high opinion of; to appreciate
• 買かい物ものshopping; purchased goods
• 買かい取とるto buy; to purchase; to buy out
• 買かい出だしgoing out to shop; going shopping · buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
• 買かいbuying; shopping · buyer
• 買ばい収しゅうacquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; purchase · bribery; buying off; corruption
• 売ばい買ばいtrade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
• 購こう買ばいprocurement; purchase; buying · school store; co-op; school canteen; tuck shop
• 買かい込こむto buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
• 買かって出でるto take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
• 買かいかぶるto overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of
• 恨うらみを買かうto incur someone's enmity

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