買

音読おんよみ: バイ

訓読くんよみ: かう

画数かくすう: 12 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 貝(かい)

Meaning

To buy or purchase


  • う — to buy
  • もの — shopping
  • ばいばい — buying and selling
  • ばい — boycott
  • 購買こうばい — purchase / buying
  • 仲買なかがい — brokerage / broker
  • 買収ばいしゅう — acquisition / buyout
  • — buyer

Originally depicting shells as currency, 買 reflects ancient exchange systems. It now represents a fundamental daily action — to buy — in modern Japanese life.

スーパーでさいいました。
I bought vegetables at the supermarket.

はははなってあげました。
I bought flowers for my mother.

収
Creates
買収ばいしゅう — acquisition / buyout
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