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The Kanji Map

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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: 罒 貝

買

Radical

Radical: 貝

Reading: かい

Meaning: shell

Strokes: 7

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Examples

Examples with audio

買収する(ばいしゅうする)   purchase, buy, bribe

売買する(ばいばいする)   trade

購買(こうばい)   purchasing

買う(かう)   buy

買い物(かいもの)   shopping

買い手(かいて)   buyer

Onyomi Examples

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

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

不買 (フバイ) not buying

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

Kunyomi Examples

買う (かう) to buy, to purchase, to value (highly), to think highly of, to have a high opinion of, to appreciate, to recognize, to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.), to elicit (e.g. sneers), to invite (e.g. scorn), to evoke, to arouse, to win (someone's favour), to accept, to take on, to take up, to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)

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