買 – buy

12 strokesTaught in grade 2#520 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 買 means buy. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is バイ (bai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is か.う (kau). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 貝 (no. 154).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	バイ	bai
Kun’yomi	か.う	kau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 貝 (Kangxi radical 154). Components: 貝・目・ハ.

Words using 買

買うかうto buy買い物かいものshopping売買ばいばいtrade購買こうばいprocurement

Example sentences

車を買うために貯金をしている。

I'm saving money for a car.

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彼のスキーヤーとしての優秀性は十分に買っています。

We fully appreciate his excellence as a skier.

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１日おきに買い物に行く。

I go shopping every other day.

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Kanji with the same radical

資費質賞負財責販貿貨賛購貢賃貴貸

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