買
buy
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
12 / 12
Information
Grade:2
Strokes:12
JLPT:4
Frequency:520
Vocabulary
バイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 購買 | コウバイ | procurement; purchase; buying; school store; co-op; school canteen; tuck shop |
| 購買力 | コウバイリョク | buying power; purchasing power |
| 買収 | バイシュウ | acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; purchase; bribery; buying off; corruption |
| 売買 | バイバイ | trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing |
| 人身売買 | ジンシンバイバイ | human trafficking; slave trade |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 青田買い | あおたがい | speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date |
| 仲買 | なかがい | brokerage; broker |
| 買取 | かいとり | purchase; buying; buying out; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; buy back; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment; flat fee |
| 買い出し | かいだし | going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing |
| 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.) |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
貴
esteem, honor, precious, prize, value
Grade 6JLPT 1
債
bond, debt, loan
Grade 8JLPT 1
賃
charge, fare, fee, hire, rent, wages
Grade 6JLPT 1
置
deposit, employ, keep, leave behind, pawn, placement, put, set
Grade 4JLPT 3
黄
yellow
Grade 2JLPT 2
貢
finance, support, tribute
Grade 8JLPT 1
貫
8 1/3lbs, brace, penetrate, pierce
Grade 8JLPT 1
偵
spy
Grade 8JLPT 1
責
blame, censure, condemn
Grade 5JLPT 3
貞
chastity, constancy, righteousness, upright
Grade 8JLPT 1