買 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
道9Elementary year 2 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
- On
- バイばい · bai
- Kun
- か(う)ka(u)
- Meaning
- to buy
Stroke order
Origin
A net (罒) and shell money (貝) — getting goods with money: to buy.
Readings and examples
| Onバイばいbai | 買収ばいしゅう売買ばいばい購買こうばい |
|---|---|
| Kunかうkau | 買うかう買い物かいもの |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 買い物かいもの
shopping
- 売買ばいばい
buying and selling
Example
パンを 買います。
I buy bread.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)