Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 冓 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (購)
Simplified (购)
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Similar Characters
寶 treasure (trad)得 must負 defeated (trad/jp)貪 greedy (trad/jp)貫 pierce (trad/jp)買 buy (trad/jp)賏 pearls or shells賓 visitor (trad/jp)唄 song (trad/jp)敗 fail (trad/jp)狽 short (trad)賊 burglar (trad/jp)贅 unnecessary (trad)鋇 barium (trad)嗩 flute-like (trad)真 true財 riches (trad/jp)貢 tribute (trad/jp)貧 impoverished (trad/jp)貨 commodities (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
購
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
購
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
購
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
購
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
購
Regular
Modern
Chinese
购 / 購 [gòu]
to buy; to purchase
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (56)
购物 [gòuwù] #2,641
shopping
购买 [gòumǎi] #4,996
to purchase
收购 [shōugòu] #8,440
to purchase (from various places)
采购 [cǎigòu] #12,460
to procure (for an enterprise etc)
订购 [dìnggòu] #11,139
to place an order
认购 [rèngòu] #5,544
to undertake to purchase sth
抢购 [qiǎnggòu] #26,160
to buy frenetically
选购 [xuǎngòu] #30,653
to select and purchase
并购 [bìnggòu] #17,527
merger and acquisition (M and A)
购置 [gòuzhì] #32,857
to purchase
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JAPANESE WORDS (35)
⭐ 購入 [こうにゅう] #3,850
purchase
⭐ 購買 [こうばい] #16,831
procurement
購買部 [こうばいぶ] #33,619
school store
購入者 [こうにゅうしゃ] #48,009
purchaser
購う [あがなう] #59,162
to buy
⭐ 購読 [こうどく] #63,875
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.)
⭐ 定期購読 [ていきこうどく] #89,885
subscription (e.g. to a magazine)
購買層 [こうばいそう] #91,453
purchasers
⭐ 購買力 [こうばいりょく] #100,353
buying power
購入先 [こうにゅうさき] #106,053
retailer
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