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買

N4

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • buy

On'yomi (音読み)

  • バイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • か.う
Strokes
12
JLPT Level
N4
Frequency
#960
School Grade
Grade 2
Radical
貝#154 · shell

Components

Common Words

  • 売買ばいばいNoun
    trade, buying and selling, trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs)
  • 買収ばいしゅうNoun
    acquisition (esp. corporate), buy-out, takeover
  • 買いかいNoun
    buying, shopping
  • 買い物かいものNoun
    shopping, purchased goods
  • 買うかうGodan verb
    to buy, to purchase
  • 買い取りかいとりNoun
    purchase, buying, buying out
  • 買い占めかいしめNoun
    buying up of goods, cornering (market)
  • 買い付けかいつけNoun
    buying (in large quantities), (wholesale) purchase, buying in

Practice in Kanjiru

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Related Kanji

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