Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

520 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: buy

Kunyomi: か.う

Onyomi: バイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かい

Meaning: shell

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

収する(ばいしゅうする)   purchase, buy, bribe

する(ばいばいする)   trade

(こうばい)   purchasing

う(かう)   buy

い物(かいもの)   shopping

い手(かいて)   buyer

Onyomi Examples

バイシュウ acquisition (esp. corporate), buy-out, takeover, purchase, bribery, buying off, corruption

収計画 バイシュウケイカク purchasing plan, acquisition plan

フバイ not buying

人身売 ジンシンバイバイ slave trade, white-slave trade, human trafficking

Kunyomi Examples

かう to buy, to purchase, to value, to have a high opinion, to stir, to provoke, to draw upon oneself