買

buy

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

バイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

か.う

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:12

JLPT:N4

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

precious, value, prize, esteem, honor

bond, loan, debt

fare, fee, hire, rent, wages, charge

placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn

tribute, support, finance

pierce, 8 1/3lbs, penetrate, brace

blame, condemn, censure

upright, chastity, constancy, righteousness