Kanji
N4 12 strokes Grade 2 freq #520

buy

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

shellfish kai

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

trade; buying and selling
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out
procurement; purchase
buying power; purchasing power
purchase; buying
sales amount; sales volume
not buying
human trafficking; slave trade

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

shopping; purchased goods
buying; shopping
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase
buyer
buying; purchasing
buying; purchasing
repurchase; redemption
to buy up
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green

Example sentences

Money is used for buying or selling goods, measuring value and storing wealth.

An investors' group is attempting a leveraged buy-out of the firm.

You cannot buy that judge.

He made many costly purchases.